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
For decades, governments assumed poor people couldn’t be trusted with unconditional cash. A wave of new evidence says they were wrong. There is a documented phenomenon in the research literature: drug-related hospitalizations spike measurably in the first days of the month, when government disability and welfare checks land. Among SSI recipients with preexisting addictions, within-hospital… Keep Reading
By Michael Krawitz with the assistance of the Veterans Action Council. For many decades, those of us working at the intersection of Veteran healthcare, medical cannabis advocacy, and international drug policy have encountered the same response from the DEA that the international treaties allow the DEA, up until now, to block medical access to cannabis.… Keep Reading
B-Real, Xzibit and Demrick have spent decades around rap and weed. On “This Thing of Ours,” the Serial Killers trio sound loose, sharp and fully in command. In this conversation with High Times, B-Real and Xzibit look back on first smokes, touring in the pre-legal era, building cannabis businesses and why age still means nothing… Keep Reading
On Koh Tao, KD has spent decades preserving landrace genetics, sharing seeds across generations, and treating cannabis less like a product than a living inheritance. There are growers, and then there are keepers of lineage. Aram Limsakul, known as KD, belongs to the latter. In Thailand, where cannabis has long had medicinal and local cultural… Keep Reading
For decades, a mark on your record for weed possession could shut many doors—one in particular: military service. Today, that narrative is starting to break down. The U.S. Army announced that, starting April 20, 2026 (yes, on 4/20, no joke), individuals with a single conviction for cannabis possession or drug paraphernalia will be able to enlist… Keep Reading
