The Stony Awards Are Back: Meet the Class of 2026
This article originally appeared in High Times’ Spring/Summer 2026 print edition. Get yours here. High Times has always taken cannabis seriously. We just never believed serious had to mean stiff. From the jump, this magazine understood something that still gets lost in today’s panels, policy debates and profit forecasts: weed matters. But it’s also fun.…
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The Drink in Your Hand Was Never Just a Drink
The new cannabis beverage boom isn’t really about replacing booze. It’s about replacing everything people lose when they stop drinking. Nobody toasts with water. That’s not a complaint, it’s an observation about how deeply alcohol is woven into the rituals that hold our social lives together. The clinking glass. The round bought for the table.…
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Cannabis Equity Was Built to Repair the War on Drugs. Its Architect Says It Funneled Black Founders Into a Trap.
Amber Senter co-founded Supernova Women, the organization that helped shape America’s first cannabis social equity program. A decade later, she says the licenses meant to repair the War on Drugs sent Black founders into the industry’s most expensive, lowest-margin, hardest-to-survive corner. “You need $2 million to open a dispensary. If you have $50,000, you can…
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He Won A Jet On MrBeast. Now He’s Linked To A 577-Pound Marijuana Trafficking Case.
A story that once sounded like peak internet fantasy has taken a very real turn. Jabari Brown, the young pilot who went viral after winning a private jet in a MrBeast challenge, was arrested in Paraguay after authorities said he was one of the people connected to a private aircraft where agents found more than…
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How Many Times Was Paul McCartney Arrested for Weed?
We take a trip down memory lane tracing Paul McCartney’s multiple cannabis-related run-ins with the law, from minor fines to his nine-day detention in Japan in 1980. The relationship between music and weed surprises exactly no one. In particular, the connection between the plant and The Beatles, one of the most successful bands in history,…
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Our Readers Admitted Flying With Weed. A Cannabis Lawyer Says The Real Self-Incrimination Risk Is Going Legal, Not Getting High.
Travelers flooded the comments admitting they fly with weed. A top cannabis lawyer says that is not the federal exposure people think it is. The confession that counts is the one operators are signing to go legal. High Times posted a routine update. The TSA had quietly changed a line on its website about traveling…
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Harry Styles Says He Did A Lot of Mushrooms Making ‘Fine Line.’ A Top Psychedelic Scientist Explains Why It Tracks.
Harry Styles has openly linked the recording of his 2019 album Fine Line to mushrooms, sunshine and Rick Rubin’s Malibu lawn. A leading psychedelic neuroscientist explains what the science actually says about play, creativity and the artist brain on classic psychedelics. Harry Styles isn’t exactly shy about provocative jokes, pop-star mischief or, lately, his appreciation…
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Laughing Your Way Back: The Role of Humor in Psychedelic Integration
Integration after a psychedelic experience is serious business. Or at least, that’s what we’ve been taught. Serious as in: dig deep into your childhood, confront your darkest shadows, sit upright and noble while unpacking the meaning of existence. It’s disciplined, effortful, and—if we’re honest—sometimes pretty damn heavy. If integration had a uniform, it might be…
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Before the Grammy, Durand Bernarr Was Already Talking About Community
When Durand Bernarr took the stage at Revelry’s New York event last September, he wasn’t a Grammy winner yet. He was still the fiercely independent artist who had spent two decades building a career on his own terms, winning over audiences one performance at a time. Fresh off the release of BLOOM, Bernarr joined High…
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Inside Marengo: The Mob Trial No Lawyer Will Touch
For nearly a decade, the Netherlands has been trying to put Europe’s most dangerous drug lord behind bars. The cost has been lawyers in prison, journalists shot in the street, and a justice system that no longer feels safe defending its own rules. Key Takeaways The Marengo trial exposed a criminal network so deeply embedded…
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