This article originally appeared in High Times’ Spring/Summer 2026 print edition. Get yours here. Activists, investors, lawyers, growers and a plant scientist on what American cannabis legalization built, what it broke and where it goes from here. By the Numbers American cannabis legalization in eight stats. $30B+ US cannabis industry size 70% Americans who support… Keep Reading
By High Times Staff, with reporting and photography by Brett Churchill The Berkeley stop of Garcia Hand Picked’s California tour brought sungrown flower, legacy farmers, Jerry Garcia photography, and live Dead songs under one roof. The jars came first. At the Chapel of the Flowers in Berkeley, guests approached a tasting table, lifted the lids,… Keep Reading
High Times sent Ethan Zohn across the country during the World Cup to find where soccer and cannabis collide. Episode one starts in Boston. The World Cup is on American soil for the first time in a generation, and the country that spent decades calling it soccer is suddenly all in. High Times went looking… Keep Reading
This article originally appeared in High Times’ 50th Anniversary print issue. It is an excerpt from Jason Silva’s book Sacred Derangement: A Field Guide to Outrageous Creativity, Radical Self-Expression and Living in Awe, published in August 2025 and available now on Amazon. An excerpt from Jason Silva’s new book Sacred Derangement. On cannabis, consciousness as… Keep Reading
This article originally appeared in High Times’ 50th Anniversary print issue. It has been updated to reflect the Czech Republic’s January 1, 2026 cannabis legalization taking effect and the January 27, 2026 European Court of Justice ruling against Hungary on cannabis rescheduling. Get the print edition here. Paris, Marseille, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin. Europe’s cannabis capital… Keep Reading
This article originally appeared in High Times’ 50th Anniversary print issue. Get yours here. In the Rif Mountains, Indigenous Berber farmers have grown cannabis for generations and gone to prison for it. Now the country wants their hash on the global medical cannabis market. A dispatch from Morocco’s kif country with veteran activist Abdellatif Adebibe.… Keep Reading
This article originally appeared in High Times’ Spring/Summer 2026 print edition. Get yours here. High Times has always taken cannabis seriously. We just never believed serious had to mean stiff. From the jump, this magazine understood something that still gets lost in today’s panels, policy debates and profit forecasts: weed matters. But it’s also fun.… Keep Reading
High Times Editor-in-Chief Javier Hasse took home “International Journalist of the Year” at the third annual Business of Cannabis Awards in London, edging out a field of nominees from publications across Europe and beyond. The recognition follows a year of expanded global coverage at the magazine. High Times Editor-in-Chief Javier Hasse was named International Journalist… 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
A High Times reader asked why his cones burn evenly and his straight joints canoe. Josh Kesselman has a theory involving the Venturi effect, a whiteboard and a lot of arrows. The real answer involves airflow, packing density and the fact that cones forgive what cylinders punish. “Please tell me why cones usually burn pretty… Keep Reading
