Three countries in collapse. Three cannabis economies that survived. What Lebanon, Myanmar and Afghanistan reveal about the plant when the state disappears. Key Takeaways Western legalization, designed without traditional smallholders in mind, threatens to replace one form of exclusion with another — devastating the survival economies it never acknowledged. When legal agriculture yields drop below… Keep Reading
Episode 2 of High Times’ Texas Cannabis Chronicles goes inside the machinery of the crackdown, where the Lieutenant Governor called hemp operators “terrorists” and a multibillion-dollar industry waits to find out if its legal business becomes a crime. If Episode 1 of Texas Cannabis Chronicles showed the explosion, Episode 2 takes you inside the machine.… Keep Reading
Opinion / Guest Column The following is an opinion piece by Eric Offenberger, CEO of multistate cannabis operator Vext Science. The views are the author’s own and do not reflect High Times’ reporting. It originally appeared in Cannabis Confidential, Todd Harrison’s Substack, where Offenberger is a guest contributor, and is republished with permission. An MSO… Keep Reading
Gov. Abigail Spanberger explained her cannabis veto: she didn’t want to rush like other states. The problem is that the states that rushed are doing fine, and her veto just froze a $50 million expansion and hundreds of jobs. A day after vetoing the bill that would have launched Virginia’s adult-use cannabis market, Gov. Abigail… Keep Reading
As legal cannabis drifts toward corporate sameness, Scarlet Reserve Room is holding onto something harder to manufacture: culture, authenticity, and the people who survived prohibition long before investors showed up. Legal weed has gotten very good at looking expensive. Walk into enough dispensaries today and they start blurring together: white walls, glowing menus, polished branding,… Keep Reading
In Baranoa, Colombia, a medical cannabis company has just launched a solar farm to power part of its own operation. The project, presented by the Ministry of Mines and Energy as the first initiative of its kind in the Colombian Caribbean, brings together 147 solar panels, self-generated energy and medical weed cultivation under one agroindustrial… Keep Reading
Rep. Ilhan Omar, co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, told TMZ there are “a lot of people who smoke cannabis in Congress.” Then she flashed a peace sign and walked off. Somebody in Congress is holding, and Rep. Ilhan Omar isn’t naming names. The Minnesota Democrat, who co-chairs the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, got stopped by… Keep Reading
The U.S. House voted last Thursday to let VA doctors recommend medical cannabis to military veterans. Most of the cannabis industry is celebrating. Robb Harmon, who has helped over 1,000 veterans navigate the medical card process through Veterans Cannabis Care, says the vote solves less than people think. On May 14, the U.S. House of… Keep Reading
This article was originally published by Cultivated and is republished here with permission. Legal cannabis may carry risks. But treating it like gambling or AI pornography flattens the debate and ignores the public health, economic and regulatory benefits legalization can create. There seems to be an emerging consensus among mainstream media: Legal cannabis is a… Keep Reading
You can fly with medical cannabis now. Sort of. The TSA’s “What Can I Bring?” tool added medical marijuana as a permitted item the day before Schedule III took effect. The catch is the page that’s supposed to tell you the rules. It’s blank. Search “marijuana” in the TSA’s What Can I Bring tool today… Keep Reading
