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If ‘Niche’ Is the New ‘Cool,’ Then Pressed Hash Is Ice Cold: A Golden State Hash Report Temple balls, pressed dry sift, little cosmetic jars of sand. David Downs reports from the third annual SF Hash Week on the state of traditional hash in California: what Solful debuted for Oil Day, why Nasha's Baron Lutz says demand is flat but the high end is growing, how Cali hash started flowing back into Europe, and the counterfeit bricks that followed it there. <p>The post If ‘Niche’ Is the New ‘Cool,’ Then Pressed…

Good Times Is Done With Potency Theater New Jersey’s Good Times uses cannabinoid ratios, fast-acting gummies, and sharp flavor design to make legal weed easier to read. <p>The post Good Times Is Done With Potency Theater first appeared on High Times.</p>

90% of Americans Want Legal Weed. Lawmakers in Both Parties Keep Punishing Them for It. NORML's Paul Armentano on the two-front war against cannabis consumers: Republican lawmakers overturning or attacking voter-approved legalization in South Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Texas and Idaho, while Democratic lawmakers in Michigan, Maryland and Minnesota hike taxes high enough to push consumers back into the illicit market. <p>The post 90% of Americans Want Legal Weed. Lawmakers in Both Parties Keep Punishing Them for It. first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Case That Just Blocked Trump’s Press Ban Started With High Times’ Founder and a Pie Before he founded High Times, Tom Forçade threw a cheese pie at a member of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. The Secret Service cited the incident to deny him a White House press pass, and the case he brought with Nation correspondent Robert Sherrill, filed as Forcade v. Knight, became Sherrill v. Knight on appeal. This week a Trump-appointed judge relied on that precedent to order the White House to restore access for CNN,…

Thailand Advances Medical-Only Cannabis Bill as Adult-Use Era Fades Thailand is moving closer to putting its medical-only cannabis model into national law, with a new bill that would require licenses across the supply chain, restrict sales to medical and research purposes, and prohibit advertising and promotion. Thousands of existing dispensaries could continue operating until their current licenses expire, but many would then need to <p>The post Thailand Advances Medical-Only Cannabis Bill as Adult-Use Era Fades first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Best Flower I Got This Month Is Going Into the Freezer Without Being Smoked A Guava Tart from Purple City Genetics, grown by Most Wanted, arrived covered in trichomes and went straight into the freezer to be washed. The Cal Ripkin came as three separate products from three different operations. Two jars stayed jars. And Mark Greyshock of Greenshock Farms explains the thirty-plant hunt behind a single keeper. <p>The post The Best Flower I Got This Month Is Going Into the Freezer Without Being Smoked first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Generational Flip: Are Teens Ditching Weed While Seniors Are Using More? What the Latest US Data Shows Cannabis use among U.S. teens has fallen to record lows even as legalization has expanded, while use among adults 65 and older is moving in the opposite direction. New federal data and recent research suggest America’s cannabis demographics may be shifting in ways that challenge long-standing assumptions. <p>The post The Generational Flip: Are Teens Ditching Weed While Seniors Are Using More? What the Latest US Data Shows first appeared on High Times.</p>

This Company Wants to Sell the ‘World’s First’ CBD Pain Tablet. Its Own Trial Didn’t Beat a Placebo. An Australian company has filed for approval of a THC-free CBD tablet it calls a world first for chronic pain. Its chief executive told 7News the trial didn't outperform placebo. <p>The post This Company Wants to Sell the ‘World’s First’ CBD Pain Tablet. Its Own Trial Didn’t Beat a Placebo. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Ed Rosenthal Looks Back on 50 Years of Cannabis on the Good PizzZa Podcast The grower, author and longtime High Times columnist sat down for episode 200 of the Good PizzZa podcast and walked through his 2002 federal case, his work preserving landrace genetics in India, the disappearance of true skunk and what he thinks cannabis contests should be measuring. <p>The post Ed Rosenthal Looks Back on 50 Years of Cannabis on the Good PizzZa Podcast first appeared on High Times.</p>

High Life, Low Life: Steven Froelich’s Cocaine-Fueled Journey Through Guatemala Steven Froelich spent a decade chasing cheap cocaine abroad, then wrote it down sober. On memory, the people he met, and why he refuses to repent. <p>The post High Life, Low Life: Steven Froelich’s Cocaine-Fueled Journey Through Guatemala first appeared on High Times.</p>