Thirty years after Prop 215, the California State Fair crowned its first home-grow champion and hung medals on the people who made growing legal in the first place. Some of them had been arrested for it. The question came from the stage, and hands went up across the room. “How many in this audience were… Keep Reading
Twenty years after the world memorized his phone number, the Houston legend is lighter, calmer and weirdly into the tax code. He’s still doing what he’s always done best: being Mike Jones. Mike Jones shows up in Los Angeles looking healthier than he has in years, calm and confident, and wearing a jacket in the… Keep Reading
Sharon Stone says she quit cannabis after years of using it to cope with seizures and other neurological effects of the stroke she suffered in 2001. She now presents both that decision and her efforts to reduce her medications as part of a broader attempt to reclaim control of her life. Sharon Stone recently spoke… Keep Reading
After years of separating motherhood, work, chronic pain, and cannabis, Stephanie Gelinas decided she was done making herself smaller for other people’s comfort. If you had told me 20 years ago that one day I’d be writing for High Times about motherhood and cannabis, I probably would have laughed. Not because I thought it was… Keep Reading
After spending 32 years in prison for a nonviolent cannabis offense, Richard DeLisi returned to Colombia with his son Rick to retrace the places, stories, and decisions that shaped their family’s history. “Did you ever work from here?” Standing in Cinto Bay, surrounded by crystal-clear Caribbean water and jungle-covered mountains, I finally asked my father… Keep Reading
Berlin police are warning residents after receiving reports that suspected drug samples were being left in residential mailboxes, allegedly in an effort to attract new customers. While only a limited number of cases have been confirmed so far, the incidents highlight how the illegal drug market continues to adopt increasingly sophisticated marketing tactics. What Berlin… Keep Reading
After five years, two applications, six figures in expenses, and a maze of shifting rules, one New York cannabis entrepreneur finally secured a retail license—and learned how legalization can still punish the people it was supposed to help. The process to get to this point has been, in a word, farcical. From shifting goalposts to… Keep Reading
Three years after a ruptured artery in his lung nearly killed him, Krayzie Bone is back with a renewed sense of purpose, a new Bone Thugs-n-Harmony album in the works, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on the way, and, notably, no weed in his life anymore. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony are one of the only rap… Keep Reading
The Tri-State brand built its reputation one pre-roll at a time. Now, after multiple Cannabis Cup victories and recognition from MJ Unpacked, Magic Garden Botanicals is proving that consistency still matters. In a young cannabis market crowded with new brands and bold promises, earning consumer loyalty is one thing. Earning industry recognition is another. Magic… Keep Reading
Update, June 3, 2026: Jabari Brown was released on June 1 after Paraguay’s Public Prosecutor’s Office determined that, in his role as a contracted co-pilot, he had no knowledge of the marijuana found on board and no involvement in the case. SENAD Minister Jalil Rachid confirmed the release in a press conference. The three other… Keep Reading
