“Come on in. The first class is free. Hopefully, I’ll motivate you.” – Coss Marte, Fitness Instructor. As we dive into the new year, and people vow to lose weight or participate in Dry January, Coss Marte, founder of New York City’s three-story health and wellness mecca ConBud dispensary and ConBody gym on the Lower… Keep Reading
Kentucky’s first medical cannabis dispensary sold out its entire inventory in just seven days, then temporarily closed, a fast start that highlights both intense statewide demand and the tight supply constraints of a brand-new program. The Post Dispensary in Beaver Dam opened December 13 and exhausted its limited stock by December 20, owner Trip Hoffman… Keep Reading
When DOPE Magazine first appeared on coffee tables and dispensary counters, it stood for more than a four-letter slang word. The name was an acronym: Defending Our Plant Everywhere. It was a promise that cannabis media could be stylish, funny and beautiful while still grounded in a simple idea: we owe something back to the… Keep Reading
The first “Bug Bounty” in cannabis. Earlier this year, a breach known as The Great Cannabis Hack exposed the personal data of more than 380,000 cannabis consumers across North America. The attack, first reported by Forbes cybersecurity writer Davey Winder, targeted several third-party software vendors that power online ordering and loyalty platforms for dispensaries. According… Keep Reading
There’s a certain hush that lives between the click of the lighter and the first pull. Afghani burns slow—heavy smoke, thick as a sermon—and the room tilts just enough to let gravity sigh. The scent hits first: gas and dirt, diesel wrapped in loam. It smells like the memory of something that used to grow… Keep Reading
The government might reopen. But only if Congress agrees to something else first: banning intoxicating hemp nationwide. On Sunday, Senate leadership inserted a hemp-recriminalization clause into the must-pass funding bill that would end the longest shutdown in American history, reported Marijuana Moment. On Monday, Cannabis Business Times confirmed that intoxicating hemp is being targeted as… Keep Reading
Following the first anniversary of Hurricane Helene, I found myself driving the same winding backroads I did last October, retracing the path of destruction with a different kind of weight in my chest. What once looked like chaos, the downed trees, caved-in roofs, and mangled bridges, has now settled into a strange stillness. But for… Keep Reading
The first look at Don’t Be A Clown just landed. Watch it on High Times’ YouTube, then circle December 1 for the full short film. High Times has teamed up with Official Cannabis Seed Company on the project from filmmaker Dan Levy Dagerman, founder of High Concept Entertainment and the mind behind You, Me &… Keep Reading
The first thing I learned guest budtending in Brooklyn? Your feet hurt before your shift is halfway done. But the conversations make it worth it. I spent the day behind the counter at By Any Other Name (BAON) in Clinton Hill to experience budtending from the inside, where product knowledge matters, but people matter more.… Keep Reading
It’s a blazing hot 92-degree (33°C) day at the Casa Flor farm in Willits, California, and the first attribute of the towering cannabis plants that I take in is their ability to shade me from the sun. Two days after the autumnal equinox, the coolest place to be is down in the dirt among the… Keep Reading
