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. It’s social. It’s friendship. It’s how people actually live with the plant, not just how it gets regulated, branded or sold.
That spirit is where the Stonys came from.
They were never meant to be “official” in that self-important awards-show way. We’re not rolling out red carpets and hanging the velvet ropes. There are no speeches pretending to be something we’re not.
The Stonys were made for the community and the culture. Those things only grow if people want to be a part of it, and that’s what the Stonys are about. We see you.
Real cannabis culture doesn’t live in boardrooms. It lives in grow rooms, backyards, studios, green rooms and the backseat of a Honda Civic, ripping the fattest jay.
So in that spirit, we’re bringing the Stonys back for a very simple reason. Because they’re fun.
Joy is a foundation of the culture, a cornerstone of why many of us get high. And we think that deserves celebrating.
The Stonys aren’t a trophy case. They’re a shout-out for the moments, people and energy that carried the year. And with that…
Here are the Stonys for 2026.
THE STONYS 2026
High Times Awards Honoring the People Who Moved Cannabis Forward in 2025
STONER OF THE YEAR
Wiz Khalifa
Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Wiz is the living embodiment of cannabis culture. He’s never seen …
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Author: Javier Hasse / High Times
