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Sep 22

High Life, Low Life: Steven Froelich’s Cocaine-Fueled Journey Through Guatemala

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. The post High Life, Low Life: Steven Froelich’s Cocaine-Fueled Journey Through Guatemala first appeared on High Times.

Sep 22

‘The First 30 Minutes Are Glorious’: Better Than Ezra, Say She She and Sébastien Tellier on Weed and the Creative Sweet Spot

‘The First 30 Minutes Are Glorious’: Better Than Ezra, Say She She and Sébastien Tellier on Weed and the Creative Sweet Spot Kevin Griffin got a No. 1 song out of a co-writer's smoke break. Say She She saves weed for after the grind. And Sébastien Tellier says cannabis makes him forget the rules. Three acts on finding the sweet spot between elevated and useless. The post ‘The First 30 Minutes Are Glorious’: Better Than Ezra, Say She She and Sébastien Tellier on Weed and the Creative Sweet Spot first appeared…

Sep 21

Cheaper Flower, More Choice, No Surge in Use: The Netherlands’ Cannabis Pilot Delivers Its First Results

Cheaper Flower, More Choice, No Surge in Use: The Netherlands’ Cannabis Pilot Delivers Its First Results The Netherlands’ regulated cannabis experiment is already reshaping coffeeshop shelves, expanding product variety and driving down flower prices. But early findings show little change in consumption, health outcomes, or public safety—and the illicit market hasn’t disappeared. The post Cheaper Flower, More Choice, No Surge in Use: The Netherlands’ Cannabis Pilot Delivers Its First Results first appeared on High Times.

Sep 21

Cannabis Costs $15 in One State and $52 in Another. Bourbon Doesn’t.

Cannabis Costs $15 in One State and $52 in Another. Bourbon Doesn’t. An eighth costs $15 in Washington and $52 in Kentucky, where every buyer is a patient. Former Massachusetts cannabis regulator Shawn Collins uses High Times' price index and a bourbon thought experiment to explain why state borders force every legal market to rebuild an entire supply chain, what license caps cost patients, and what's holding the border shut. The post Cannabis Costs $15 in One State and $52 in Another. Bourbon Doesn’t. first appeared on High Times.

Sep 21

Your Doctor Won’t Talk About Medical Cannabis? Here Are Five Questions That Change That.

Your Doctor Won’t Talk About Medical Cannabis? Here Are Five Questions That Change That. Many patients find their doctors go quiet when medical cannabis comes up. Dr. Joseph Rosado explains why, from gaps in medical training to legal caution and lingering stigma, what the evidence actually supports, and the five questions that can turn a doctor's silence into an informed conversation about benefits, risks and interactions. The post Your Doctor Won’t Talk About Medical Cannabis? Here Are Five Questions That Change That. first appeared on High Times.

Sep 21

Cannabis Cured Me Twice, and I’ll Show You My Medical Records

Cannabis Cured Me Twice, and I’ll Show You My Medical Records Seven years ago, Ed Rosenthal’s PSA numbers spiked and a biopsy confirmed prostate cancer. He declined the interventions his doctor laid out, stayed under monitoring, and took CBD. A month ago, another biopsy found nothing. When Colorado voters legalized cannabis in 2014, I was attending a big party in Denver. I remarked that cannabis was The post Cannabis Cured Me Twice, and I’ll Show You My Medical Records first appeared on High Times.

Sep 20

Tom Forçade Wanted Legitimacy: Inside the Secretive, Paranoid Mind That Created High Times

Tom Forçade Wanted Legitimacy: Inside the Secretive, Paranoid Mind That Created High Times In 1975, a young freelancer talked his way into the offices of a one-year-old magazine nobody could explain, and then into a basement in the West Village where the man who owned it made three phone calls before letting him ask a single question. Fifty years later, Michael Antonoff found the manuscript, and the tape. The post Tom Forçade Wanted Legitimacy: Inside the Secretive, Paranoid Mind That Created High Times first appeared on High Times.

Sep 19

TraxNYC Cast a Real Cannabis Nug in Solid Gold. The Flower Vanished. The Shape Didn’t.

TraxNYC Cast a Real Cannabis Nug in Solid Gold. The Flower Vanished. The Shape Didn’t. A bag of flower showed up at a Diamond District jewelry shop and none of it got smoked. TraxNYC spent two to three months blowing up gold castings before one held, and the nug that came out reads 10.81 karat on the shop's own scanner. How the flower gets vaporized, why fresh weed ruins the mold, and what the crew still can't agree on. The post TraxNYC Cast a Real Cannabis Nug in Solid Gold. The…

Sep 18

Venezuela, Drugs and Oil: How Washington’s Policy Has Changed

Venezuela, Drugs and Oil: How Washington’s Policy Has Changed Washington has removed Venezuela from the group of countries deemed to have “failed demonstrably” in their anti-drug obligations while maintaining it on the broader list of major drug-transit and producing countries, citing growing cooperation with Delcy Rodríguez’s interim government. At the same time, U.S. oil companies and policymakers are rapidly deepening their involvement in Venezuela’s The post Venezuela, Drugs and Oil: How Washington’s Policy Has Changed first appeared on High Times.

Sep 18

The Piece That Outlasts the Session

The Piece That Outlasts the Session Flower gets smoked and disappears. The right piece stays behind, becoming part of the room, the ritual, and eventually, the memories. The post The Piece That Outlasts the Session first appeared on High Times.