Vape hardware is one of the cannabis industry’s most persistent waste problems. Fernway launched the first take-back program in 2022, and this summer opened its dropboxes to any brand’s device. The New York episode of Kicking Back, High Times’ World Cup road series, includes a brief stop at The Travel Agency on Fifth Avenue, where… Keep Reading
For decades, cannabis use in the United States was portrayed as a marginal practice, confined to underground culture and considered far less common than alcohol or tobacco use. The federal government’s latest data, however, paint a very different picture. According to the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), about 21.4 million Americans… Keep Reading
Professional and elite athletes in contact sports described using cannabis for pain, sleep, recovery, anxiety, and other reasons while often relying on teammates, online research, and trial and error instead of trusted medical guidance. Even as sports leagues relax their policies, fear of judgment, punishment, and career consequences continues to keep cannabis use largely out… Keep Reading
Cannabis helps a lot of people get through cancer treatment. That is not the same thing as treating cancer. Almost all the confusion lives in the gap between those two sentences. Key Takeaways The evidence for cannabis in cancer care is strongest for symptom management, and weakest exactly where the internet is loudest: killing tumors.… Keep Reading
On the night of Maha Shivaratri, cannabis smoke rises over Pashupatinath as it has for centuries. Nepal sold hashish under government license until 1973, when Washington leaned on Kathmandu and the shops closed. Activist Hemant Shahi and Ed Rosenthal on the fight to give the plant back to the god it belongs to. On 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
Rastafari communities helped shape the modern cultural and spiritual understanding of cannabis, yet legal recognition of sacramental ganja use remains uneven across the Caribbean and beyond. Some countries have created varying forms of religious protections, often accompanied by licensing requirements, cultivation limits, or enforcement problems. Believe it or not, the cannabis plant has connections to… Keep Reading
Solventless hash is the creme de la creme of cannabis. So why is almost all of it pressed from THC-dominant flower? A case for balance, chemotype diversity and the products the industry keeps insisting nobody wants. It’s smoooooooth. That’s what I thought the first and only time I ever stumbled across a Type II concentrate.… 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
From Skunk #1 to Acapulco Gold, Barney’s Farm is putting foundational cannabis genetics back in breeders’ hands. Some strains don’t chase trends; they set the standard against which everything else is measured. This collection features eight of the most influential names in cannabis history: Hindu Kush, Acapulco Gold, Northern Lights, Skunk #1, White Widow, G13… Keep Reading
