In How I Got You Your Ounce, a memoir published in 2025 by BookBaby, a self-described “apartment dealer” known as Jimmy X recounts 53 years of selling marijuana in New York City. Written by Jimmy X” and Nan K. Chase with David Belmont, the book tracks cannabis from the mid-1960s through legalization, weaving social, legal… Keep Reading
Original publication: April 1978. DEAL for REAL The Dealer as Robin Hood BY TIMOTHY LEARY Wisdom well-stated remains valuable long after its author has turned stupid. In the case of Timothy Leary, a legacy remains that is still worth exhuming. In 1968, when Leary was still the High Priest of Acid and not yet a… Keep Reading
A conversation between Lesley Morrissey and an unnamed individual who said he was JFK’s weed dealer, first published in the Fall, 1974 issue of High Times. The man who claimed to know the Kennedys leaned over his pâté and confided to me. “Before I contacted you, I investigated a bit to see if High Times… Keep Reading
Many people met their first lady dealer in High Times #1, when we interviewed “Lynne,” a young New York City artist whose frank statements on dope, dealing and sexism caused a flurry of letters to the editor and, apparently, considerable controversy in households and dealing pads across the country. Then, a year-and-a-half ago, a lady… Keep Reading
Doja Pak’s Ryan Bartholomew transformed an underground weed-sourcing, dealer operation to a globally recognized brand. Read More Author: Jon Cappetta / High Times Keep Reading
Noah was a dealer, Jesus was a hophead, and Moses was a 120-year-old Pecodan freak. Read More Author: High Times / High Times Keep Reading
Timothy Leary on the drug dealer as Robin Hood. Read More Author: High Times / High Times Keep Reading
When I was in college, I would call up my pot dealer from a pay phone and ask him for “one chicken leg,” which was the secret phrase for a joint (that sadly didn’t come close to the size of a chicken leg). Never would I outright ask for weed. That would have been a… Keep Reading
