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How Washington Killed the Colombian Cannabis Boom And Created the Cocaine Cartels by Accident

This article originally appeared in High Times’ 50th Anniversary print issue. Get yours here. In the 1970s, Colombia’s Sierra Nevada became the source of the world’s most famous cannabis. Then Washington’s War on Drugs destroyed the trade and helped create the cocaine cartels that replaced it. The Bonanza in Numbers Colombia’s first cannabis economy, at… Keep Reading

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I Talk to Plants. The Cannabis Plant Talks Back.

This article originally appeared in High Times’ 50th Anniversary print issue. Get yours here. A three-week experiment in channeling the cannabis plant, what she said about a century of stigma, prison and disrespect, and how to start listening yourself. There’s a hypothesis that’s been circulating in the science field for some decades that has, in… Keep Reading

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We Legalized Weed… So Why Does It Still Feel Broken?

This article originally appeared in High Times’ Spring/Summer 2026 print edition. Get yours here. Activists, investors, lawyers, growers and a plant scientist on what American cannabis legalization built, what it broke and where it goes from here. By the Numbers American cannabis legalization in eight stats. $30B+ US cannabis industry size 70% Americans who support… Keep Reading

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Dabbling in Dabs: The History of 710

This article was originally published in 2023. From the hash and honey oil of the hippie era to the array of consistencies today, concentrates have evolved over time and they’ve come a long way. The 420 holiday, celebrating all things cannabis, gave way to another holiday: 710. The Brotherhood of Eternal Love first smuggled in… Keep Reading

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Cannabis Doesn’t Distort Reality. It Shows You the Director’s Cut.

This article originally appeared in High Times’ 50th Anniversary print issue. It is an excerpt from Jason Silva’s book Sacred Derangement: A Field Guide to Outrageous Creativity, Radical Self-Expression and Living in Awe, published in August 2025 and available now on Amazon. An excerpt from Jason Silva’s new book Sacred Derangement. On cannabis, consciousness as… Keep Reading

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Baudelaire Smoked Hash With Victor Hugo. A Hundred Years Later, His Country Banned It. A Hundred Years After That, Europe Is Smoking Again.

This article originally appeared in High Times’ 50th Anniversary print issue. It has been updated to reflect the Czech Republic’s January 1, 2026 cannabis legalization taking effect and the January 27, 2026 European Court of Justice ruling against Hungary on cannabis rescheduling. Get the print edition here. Paris, Marseille, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin. Europe’s cannabis capital… Keep Reading

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There’s a Mountain in Morocco Where Everyone Grows Hash. The Locals Call It the Temple of the Plant. The Government Called It Illegal.

This article originally appeared in High Times’ 50th Anniversary print issue. Get yours here. In the Rif Mountains, Indigenous Berber farmers have grown cannabis for generations and gone to prison for it. Now the country wants their hash on the global medical cannabis market. A dispatch from Morocco’s kif country with veteran activist Abdellatif Adebibe.… Keep Reading

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