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Highdro’s New Video Turns a Vegas Pool Cleaning Into a Smoke Session The Las Vegas rapper's new video follows a pool maintenance worker who gets pulled into a backyard session that keeps escalating, with cameos from DJ Bonics, Grasshoppa, The Bearded Larry and a FaceTime appearance from RAW founder Josh Kesselman. <p>The post Highdro’s New Video Turns a Vegas Pool Cleaning Into a Smoke Session first appeared on High Times.</p>

King Gizzard Built Its Own Festival Instead of Touring. It Starts Friday. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard headline all three nights of their own festival at Meadow Creek in Buena Vista, Colorado, August 14 to 16, with a 24-act bill, a fan-run bootlegger alley and most of the campground already sold out. <p>The post King Gizzard Built Its Own Festival Instead of Touring. It Starts Friday. first appeared on High Times.</p>

What Happened to the Cannabis Goody Bag? Cannabis goody bags used to overflow with free weed. Hannah Eko wonders what their decline says about generosity, community, and cannabis culture. <p>The post What Happened to the Cannabis Goody Bag? first appeared on High Times.</p>

Thailand Says Weed Is Medical-Only Now. I Bought Four Joints Without a Prescription. Thailand's July 2026 Cannabis and Hemp Act permanently banned recreational consumption and pushed every shop into a medical-only regime with doctors on site. Jeremy Berke went looking for that protocol in Bangkok and found no prescription, no questions, and four joints for about 500 baht. <p>The post Thailand Says Weed Is Medical-Only Now. I Bought Four Joints Without a Prescription. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Stoners Warned Us About Flock Cameras. Turns Out It Wasn’t Paranoia. A criminal complaint in Wisconsin describes Michigan as a "known source State for marijuana, as it is legal there." A Michigan dispensary was ordered to point a police camera at its own parking lot. And Roseville, California's own analysis found Flock misread the plate in 71% of the alerts it sent officers. The people who warned about this weren't being paranoid. They were remembering. <p>The post Stoners Warned Us About Flock Cameras. Turns Out It Wasn’t Paranoia. first appeared on…

Hemp Just Got 29 More Days Before the Ban. The White House Has Already Promised There Won’t Be Another Delay. A 2018 loophole built a multibillion-dollar industry. Congress moved to close it last year. Now the Senate has bought hemp 29 more days, eleven Democrats voted against the reprieve, Rand Paul voted for it, and the White House has already told senators not to ask again. <p>The post Hemp Just Got 29 More Days Before the Ban. The White House Has Already Promised There Won’t Be Another Delay. first appeared on…

New York to Allow Weed Sales at Farmers Markets, Giving Small Growers a Fighting Chance New York is expanding Cannabis Showcase Events, allowing licensed microbusinesses to reach consumers at farmers’ markets while keeping sales under strict state regulations. <p>The post New York to Allow Weed Sales at Farmers Markets, Giving Small Growers a Fighting Chance first appeared on High Times.</p>

Snoop Dogg’s Father Can Get Almost Any Weed He Wants. He Still Can’t Find Panama Red. Vernell Varnado bought his first weed in a red-topped matchbox in 1966. Sixty years later, Snoop Dogg's father walks into legal dispensaries in Arizona and still can't find what he's looking for. On Vietnam, the Post Office, backyard grows and the strains that don't exist anymore. <p>The post Snoop Dogg’s Father Can Get Almost Any Weed He Wants. He Still Can’t Find Panama Red. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Opinion: Cannabis Should Be Mandatory. The ‘Normie’ World Needs a Joint More Than Anyone. In Cheech & Chong's Last Movie, the duo lands a line the theater takes as a punchline: cannabis should be mandatory. Then you read the news. The "normie" world running the planet is a machine of stress, ego and endless acceleration, and the real danger may not be getting high but staying exactly as sober as the people currently steering. <p>The post Opinion: Cannabis Should Be Mandatory. The ‘Normie’ World Needs a Joint More Than Anyone. first…

Stop Spraying and Hoping. Your Pests Already Outsmarted You: Inside the Everswarm Fungal pathogens account for more than 70% of reported disease in U.S. cannabis, the corn earworm has evolved past insecticides, Bt and biocontrols alike, and powdery mildew has been adapting to plants for 100 million years. IPM specialist Matthew Gates calls the answer the Everswarm: stop treating pests as static enemies and build a rotating, holistic defense that expects them to adapt. Jorge Cervantes lays out the science, the 2026 threat map and the playbook. <p>The post Stop Spraying…