The Nectarball Collection: A Time Capsule of Cannabis Culture
The photo was unforgettable: Mark Schulze seated cross-legged on our living room floor, surrounded by hundreds of “classic” cannabis buds mostly from the 1970s and 80s, sealed in plastic baggies. When San Diego Magazine devoted the final page of its April 2024 issue to the image for its Sacred Spaces feature, it offered readers a […]
California’s Adult-Use Cannabis Law ‘Failed Small Farmers,’ State Treasurer Says — Time to Start Over
“Prop 64 did that… Big corporations started buying up small family farms, thinking they could grow better… Maybe some of those smaller family farms can come back.” California Treasurer Fiona Ma didn’t stop at calling the state’s legalization framework a failure. In Part 1 of our coverage from IgniteIt’s Market Spotlight: California, she broke down […]
Now Is the Time to Embrace, Not Abandon, Cannabis Activism
This article originally appeared in High Times Magazine’s 50th Anniversary Print Issue. Order yours here and get it delivered to your door. Political and societal changes rarely occur organically. They only happen when advocates agitate for them. For over five decades, NORML and its grassroots supporters have advocated for ending the criminalization, discrimination, and stigmatization […]
Time for a Cannabis Reboot: Local Roots, Fair Markets, Real Change
Written by Shaleen Title and Damian Fagon Federal cannabis bills are not coming to save us. It’s October 2025, and the corporate-led strategy that has dominated the movement is dead. The same bills get introduced over and over, and like zombies, we deliver the same recycled responses, fight the same identical fights, and make no […]
Building Community, One Bagel at a Time
At any major cannabis event these days, there is a new kind of gathering that starts before the panels, before the product displays, and before the haze fills the room. Somewhere in a side lounge or early breakfast space, you will find a table full of bagels, hot coffee, and laughter. The people there are […]