Mobb Deep’s Havoc Is Opening A Dispensary In Queens. The Alchemist, Funk Flex And Kid Capri Are Coming Through. Mobb Deep's Havoc opens The Bridge, a licensed dispensary in Astoria, this weekend. The Alchemist, Funk Flex and Kid Capri are on the bill, and the Queensbridge native is doing it as an owner, not an endorser. <p>The post Mobb Deep’s Havoc Is Opening A Dispensary In Queens. The Alchemist, Funk Flex And Kid Capri Are Coming Through. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Amsterdam Won’t Ban Tourists From Its Coffeeshops After All. It’s Coming For Their Wallets Instead. Amsterdam's new coalition just killed the plan to ban tourists from its coffeeshops. The doors stay open, the tourist tax goes to the highest in Europe, and the mecca of weed tourism doubles down while the rest of the world pulls back. <p>The post Amsterdam Won’t Ban Tourists From Its Coffeeshops After All. It’s Coming For Their Wallets Instead. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Rappin’ The Rivers Is Building Montana’s Hip-Hop Outpost Montana's Rappin’ The Rivers returns in 2026 with hip-hop, EDM, camping culture, and a growing connection to the cannabis community. <p>The post Rappin’ The Rivers Is Building Montana’s Hip-Hop Outpost first appeared on High Times.</p>

Five THC Cocktails For A Summer Without The Hangover From a black currant sour to an espresso martini riff, five THC cocktails to pour this summer, plus the bottles worth keeping in the fridge. Real social buzz, no hangover. <p>The post Five THC Cocktails For A Summer Without The Hangover first appeared on High Times.</p>

Meet Micro TDH, the Venezuelan Artist Putting Older Women Smoking Weed in His Music Videos Most urban music videos sell weed as young, fast and reckless. Micro TDH does something different. The Venezuelan artist on cannabis, identity and his second act. <p>The post Meet Micro TDH, the Venezuelan Artist Putting Older Women Smoking Weed in His Music Videos first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Stony Awards Are Back: Meet the Class of 2026 Cannabis culture doesn't live in boardrooms. It lives in grow rooms, backyards, studios and the backseat of a Honda Civic. The Stonys are back, and we're celebrating the people who keep the culture alive. <p>The post The Stony Awards Are Back: Meet the Class of 2026 first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Drink in Your Hand Was Never Just a Drink As more Americans rethink alcohol, cannabis beverages are filling a growing social and cultural gap around celebration and belonging. <p>The post The Drink in Your Hand Was Never Just a Drink first appeared on High Times.</p>

Cannabis Equity Was Built to Repair the War on Drugs. Its Architect Says It Funneled Black Founders Into a Trap. Amber Senter co-founded the first cannabis social equity program in the U.S. Her verdict a decade later: legalization opened a door, but pointed people toward the wrong room. <p>The post Cannabis Equity Was Built to Repair the War on Drugs. Its Architect Says It Funneled Black Founders Into a Trap. first appeared on High Times.</p>

He Won A Jet On MrBeast. Now He’s Linked To A 577-Pound Marijuana Trafficking Case. A story that once sounded like peak internet fantasy has taken a very real turn.  Jabari Brown, the young pilot who went viral after winning a private jet in a MrBeast challenge, was arrested in Paraguay after authorities said he was one of the people connected to a private aircraft where agents found more than <p>The post He Won A Jet On MrBeast. Now He’s Linked To A 577-Pound Marijuana Trafficking Case. first appeared on High…

The Holy Trinity: Ganja, Mushrooms, and a Steam Chalice in Jamaica In Jamaica, a cop walked into our sesh and offered a fist bump. The island where cannabis and psychedelic tourism are finally merging. <p>The post The Holy Trinity: Ganja, Mushrooms, and a Steam Chalice in Jamaica first appeared on High Times.</p>

How Many Times Was Paul McCartney Arrested for Weed? We take a trip down memory lane tracing Paul McCartney’s multiple cannabis-related run-ins with the law, from minor fines to his nine-day detention in Japan in 1980. The relationship between music and weed surprises exactly no one. In particular, the connection between the plant and The Beatles, one of the most successful bands in history, <p>The post How Many Times Was Paul McCartney Arrested for Weed? first appeared on High Times.</p>

Our Readers Admitted Flying With Weed. A Cannabis Lawyer Says The Real Self-Incrimination Risk Is Going Legal, Not Getting High. A TSA tweak sent travelers rushing to admit they fly with weed. Cannabis attorney Bob Hoban says that is not the real federal exposure. The one that counts is on the DEA registration form operators must file to go legal, where the honest answer documents conduct that was federally illegal when it happened. <p>The post Our Readers Admitted Flying With Weed. A Cannabis Lawyer Says The Real Self-Incrimination Risk Is Going…

Conan O’Brien Has Been Trying To Eat One Weed Gummy For Two Weeks. He’s Managed A Quarter. Conan O'Brien's assistant is gently pushing cannabis gummies on the famously straight-edge comedian. Two weeks later, he's managed a quarter of one. Plus: the High Times bong he accepted on live TV 20 years ago. <p>The post Conan O’Brien Has Been Trying To Eat One Weed Gummy For Two Weeks. He’s Managed A Quarter. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Harry Styles Says He Did A Lot of Mushrooms Making ‘Fine Line.’ A Top Psychedelic Scientist Explains Why It Tracks. Harry Styles recorded much of his 2019 album Fine Line at Rick Rubin's Shangri-La studios with the help of mushrooms, sunshine and Paul McCartney records. UCSF psychedelic neuroscientist Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris breaks down what classic psychedelics actually do to the creative brain. <p>The post Harry Styles Says He Did A Lot of Mushrooms Making ‘Fine Line.’ A Top Psychedelic Scientist Explains Why It Tracks. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Laughing Your Way Back: The Role of Humor in Psychedelic Integration Why laughter may be the missing piece in psychedelic integration—and how humor helps process, heal, and make meaning after the trip. <p>The post Laughing Your Way Back: The Role of Humor in Psychedelic Integration first appeared on High Times.</p>

Before the Grammy, Durand Bernarr Was Already Talking About Community A year before his Grammy win, Durand Bernarr took the stage at Revelry and spoke about independence, creativity, and the power of community. <p>The post Before the Grammy, Durand Bernarr Was Already Talking About Community first appeared on High Times.</p>

Inside Marengo: The Mob Trial No Lawyer Will Touch A Dutch drug lord. A decade-long trial. Lawyers arrested, journalists shot, and a justice system so intimidated that no attorney will take the appeal. Inside Marengo. <p>The post Inside Marengo: The Mob Trial No Lawyer Will Touch first appeared on High Times.</p>

Twenty-One Years Later, Conor Oberst Is More Wide Awake Than Ever Twenty-one years after Bright Eyes changed indie music, Conor Oberst reflects on cannabis, sobriety, survival, and revisiting the albums that shaped a generation. <p>The post Twenty-One Years Later, Conor Oberst Is More Wide Awake Than Ever first appeared on High Times.</p>

Pre-Rolls Don’t Suck. Bad Manufacturing Does. Bad pre-rolls aren’t a cannabis problem. They’re a manufacturing problem. Here’s why airflow, density, and packing matter. <p>The post Pre-Rolls Don’t Suck. Bad Manufacturing Does. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Marc Shepard Built NECANN for the Locals. Now the Fight Is Coming Back Home. NECANN founder Marc Shepard on cannabis culture, local markets, legalization fights, and why the Northeast still matters. <p>The post Marc Shepard Built NECANN for the Locals. Now the Fight Is Coming Back Home. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Survival Crop: When Countries Collapse, Cannabis Becomes a Lifeline In Lebanon, Myanmar and Afghanistan, cannabis is not a lifestyle choice or a policy debate. It is the difference between feeding your family and losing everything. This is what a cannabis market looks like when a country falls apart. <p>The post Survival Crop: When Countries Collapse, Cannabis Becomes a Lifeline first appeared on High Times.</p>

Watch: The Texas Lt. Governor Called Hemp Sellers ‘Terrorists.’ Our New Documentary Goes Inside The Fight. 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. <p>The post Watch: The Texas Lt. Governor Called Hemp Sellers ‘Terrorists.’ Our New Documentary Goes Inside The Fight. first appeared…

Cannabis Doesn’t Have a Marketing Problem: The Pitch Has Been Amiss From The Start An MSO operator argues the industry spent a decade funding the wrong discipline. The customers were always there. The job was never persuasion, it was conversion. <p>The post Cannabis Doesn’t Have a Marketing Problem: The Pitch Has Been Amiss From The Start first appeared on High Times.</p>

Virginia’s Governor Says Legal Weed Was Moving Too Fast. The States That Moved Fast Are Doing Fine. A day after her veto, Gov. Abigail Spanberger said she killed Virginia's cannabis sales bill to avoid a rushed launch like other states. But the states that moved fast are doing fine, and the one that failed, New York, failed by going slow. Meanwhile, the veto just froze a $50 million expansion and hundreds of jobs. <p>The post Virginia’s Governor Says Legal Weed Was Moving Too Fast. The States That Moved Fast Are Doing…

ScHoolboy Q Quits Weed After Smoking 20 Times a Day. Here’s Why. ScHoolboy Q says he quit smoking weed after years of heavy use because the habit had stopped helping him and he wanted to set an example for his children. While he still acknowledges cannabis can benefit some people, he framed his decision as personal: at his level of use, it no longer fit the life he wanted to build. <p>The post ScHoolboy Q Quits Weed After Smoking 20 Times a Day. Here’s Why. first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Feds Rescheduled Weed. Truckers Still Can’t Touch It, Medical Card Or Not. The federal rescheduling of marijuana to Schedule III did nothing for truckers, pilots, and bus drivers. A new USDOT memo confirms that safety-sensitive transportation workers still can't use cannabis, and a state medical card, a doctor's note, or a dispensary receipt won't clear a failed drug test. <p>The post The Feds Rescheduled Weed. Truckers Still Can’t Touch It, Medical Card Or Not. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Scary Movie Went All In On Marketing To Stoners. A Vape, A Bong Popcorn Bucket, The Whole Thing. The Wayans brothers’ new Scary Movie is leaning all the way into weed culture. There’s an official PAX vaporizer collab, a stoner parody series, a bong in the trailer, and a popcorn bucket shaped like a water pipe that the studio posted but nobody can confirm is actually for sale. The Wayans are back, and <p>The post Scary Movie Went All In On Marketing To Stoners. A Vape, A Bong Popcorn Bucket, The…

Thailand’s Weed Boom Is Breaking—Here’s Who Survives Thailand’s cannabis boom is cooling fast. Here’s how dispensaries are surviving saturation, regulation, and a changing tourist market. <p>The post Thailand’s Weed Boom Is Breaking—Here’s Who Survives first appeared on High Times.</p>

Inside Scarlet Reserve Room and Jersey’s Legacy Weed Culture Scarlet Reserve Room owner Wil Rivera on legacy cannabis, New Jersey legalization, and why corporate weed still misses the culture. <p>The post Inside Scarlet Reserve Room and Jersey’s Legacy Weed Culture first appeared on High Times.</p>

Medical Cannabis Meets Clean Energy in Colombia’s New Solar Farm Medical cannabis and clean energy are converging in Baranoa, Colombia, where Cannabis Medical Company has launched a solar farm to power part of its agroindustrial operation. With 147 solar panels expected to generate nearly 178,670 kWh per year, the project points to a broader shift: using renewable energy to reduce costs, lower emissions and modernize high-value agricultural sectors like medical cannabis. <p>The post Medical Cannabis Meets Clean Energy in Colombia’s New Solar Farm first appeared on High Times.</p>

Ilhan Omar Thinks ‘A Lot Of People’ In Congress Smoke Weed. Then She Flashed A Peace Sign And Left. Rep. Ilhan Omar, who co-chairs the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, told TMZ that "a lot of people" in Congress smoke cannabis, then flashed a peace sign and walked off. Underneath the viral moment was a real argument about legalization, and some surprising credit for Trump. <p>The post Ilhan Omar Thinks ‘A Lot Of People’ In Congress Smoke Weed. Then She Flashed A Peace Sign And Left. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Virginia’s Democratic Governor Promised To Legalize Weed Sales. Then She Vetoed The Bill. Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoed the bill that would have launched Virginia's adult-use cannabis market, breaking a campaign promise and pushing legal sales to 2028 or later. The hemp lobby and Total Wine wanted the veto. Her own party's lawmakers are furious. <p>The post Virginia’s Democratic Governor Promised To Legalize Weed Sales. Then She Vetoed The Bill. first appeared on High Times.</p>

The (Green) Goddess Lives in Mexico City In Mexico City, cannabis, queerness, and spirituality intertwine in a personal journey through plant medicine, motherhood, and movement. <p>The post The (Green) Goddess Lives in Mexico City first appeared on High Times.</p>

The House Voted To Let VA Doctors Recommend Cannabis. ‘It’s Policy Theater,’ Says The Guy Who’s Helped 1,000 Vets Get Cards. The U.S. House voted last Thursday to let VA doctors recommend medical cannabis to military veterans. Most of the cannabis industry is celebrating. Robb Harmon, who has helped over 1,000 veterans navigate the medical card process through Veterans Cannabis Care, says the vote solves less than people think. On May 14, the U.S. House of <p>The post The House Voted To Let VA Doctors Recommend Cannabis. ‘It’s Policy Theater,’ Says…

He Used to Bust Drug Boats. Now the Feds Are Coming for His Hemp Company. Before he built one of Texas' largest hemp companies, Lukas Gilkey was boarding drug boats in the Caribbean Sea. What he saw there convinced him the war on drugs was idiotic. What he built after may soon be banned by the same federal government he used to work for. <p>The post He Used to Bust Drug Boats. Now the Feds Are Coming for His Hemp Company. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Why Legal Cannabis Doesn’t Belong Next to Gambling and Porn Legal cannabis may carry risks. But treating it like gambling or AI pornography flattens the debate and ignores the public health, economic and regulatory benefits legalization can create. <p>The post Why Legal Cannabis Doesn’t Belong Next to Gambling and Porn first appeared on High Times.</p>

TSA Says You Can Now Fly With Medical Marijuana. Good Luck Figuring Out What That Means. The TSA updated its public-facing Medical Marijuana page on April 27, the day before Schedule III rescheduling took effect, listing cannabis as permitted in carry-on and checked bags with "Special Instructions." The agency hasn't written those instructions. Here's what the change means, who qualifies, and what hasn't changed at the checkpoint. <p>The post TSA Says You Can Now Fly With Medical Marijuana. Good Luck Figuring Out What That Means. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Your Joint Filter Is A Three-Way Scam. Tobacco Proved It 50 Years Ago. The chemistry, the tobacco history and the basic math all point the same way. Premium cannabis filters waste your weed and worsen your smoke. <p>The post Your Joint Filter Is A Three-Way Scam. Tobacco Proved It 50 Years Ago. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Terence McKenna’s Daughter Has Been Paying for a Storage Unit in Hawaii for 25 Years. She Just Opened It. Klea McKenna on growing up as Terence McKenna's daughter, her father's psychedelic legacy and the archive she's finally building 25 years later. <p>The post Terence McKenna’s Daughter Has Been Paying for a Storage Unit in Hawaii for 25 Years. She Just Opened It. first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Feds Won’t Study Hemp As Food. A Nonprofit Just Did It For $9,379. Federally compliant whole hemp biomass tested out with measurable protein, dietary fiber, calcium, potassium and seven essential amino acids, according to lab reports from AGQ USA and Eurofins commissioned by a 501c3 called Food First Initiative. USDA's main nutritional database has a hulled hemp seed entry from 2018. It has no published profile for the whole plant. <p>The post The Feds Won’t Study Hemp As Food. A Nonprofit Just Did It For $9,379. first appeared on High…

How to Hide Your High, According to People Who Have It Down to a Science When you’re higher than you planned, paranoia is the real enemy. Five cannabis users share their best techniques for surviving the moment you cross from private to public. Let’s be honest: nothing ruins a good high faster than the sudden panic of having to interact with the world and pretend you’re sober. Your head floats <p>The post How to Hide Your High, According to People Who Have It Down to a Science first appeared on High…

Fergie Baby Turned Getting Fired Into a Harlem Rap Career Harlem rapper Fergie Baby talks Empire, cannabis culture, live shows, and carrying the torch for a new Harlem Renaissance. <p>The post Fergie Baby Turned Getting Fired Into a Harlem Rap Career first appeared on High Times.</p>

New York’s Microbusinesses Could Save Legal Weed From Becoming Corporate Sludge New York’s vertically integrated microbusinesses are emerging as one of the most important experiments in modern cannabis legalization. <p>The post New York’s Microbusinesses Could Save Legal Weed From Becoming Corporate Sludge first appeared on High Times.</p>

Psychedelic Decrim Has A Voter Problem. Nobody Wants To Talk About It. A new Berkeley survey shows voter support for psychedelic research, therapy and prescriptions all surged. Decriminalization didn't move at all. <p>The post Psychedelic Decrim Has A Voter Problem. Nobody Wants To Talk About It. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Burna Boy Turned Down $5 Million to Keep Smoking. Now He’s at the World Cup. He launched a cannabis brand while Nigeria still criminalizes it. His biggest song has "I need igbo and shayo" as its hook. He turned down $5 million before he'd perform somewhere he couldn't smoke. Now he's singing the World Cup anthem with Shakira. <p>The post Burna Boy Turned Down $5 Million to Keep Smoking. Now He’s at the World Cup. first appeared on High Times.</p>

How to Hack the ‘God Button’: Could Neuralink Replace the Cannabis Ritual? Neuralink promises on-demand states of consciousness. But as brain chips advance, cannabis offers something technology can't replicate: organic, unpredictable alteration of the whole mind. <p>The post How to Hack the ‘God Button’: Could Neuralink Replace the Cannabis Ritual? first appeared on High Times.</p>

Light It Up: Why NORML Still Matters in the 21st Century Cannabis feels normal in 2026. But the fight isn't over. NORML's Christopher Cano on why the movement needs you more than ever. <p>The post Light It Up: Why NORML Still Matters in the 21st Century first appeared on High Times.</p>

Alcohol Is Fun. Hangovers Suck. Here’s What I Drink Instead. Alcohol is fun. The morning after isn't. At our Cannabis Cup in New Jersey, I reached for a hemp-derived THC bottle that pours like a spirit, hits in fifteen minutes, and lets you wake up like you'd had a tea. Reviewed. <p>The post Alcohol Is Fun. Hangovers Suck. Here’s What I Drink Instead. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Every Roll of Paper You’ve Touched Comes From a French Invention. The English Took the Credit. A Frenchman invented the machine that made modern paper possible. The English bought the rights, refined the design, named it after themselves and left him with nothing. The story of how Louis-Nicolas Robert lost his name. <p>The post Every Roll of Paper You’ve Touched Comes From a French Invention. The English Took the Credit. first appeared on High Times.</p>

[Movie Trailer] ‘Cannesabis: Disclosure Night’: The Martians Came to Cannes for the Movies. They Brought Weed. A new AI-assisted sci-fi satire from filmmaker Dan Levy Dagerman premieres its trailer at Cannes. The Martians arrive, get high and make an argument about cinema. <p>The post [Movie Trailer] ‘Cannesabis: Disclosure Night’: The Martians Came to Cannes for the Movies. They Brought Weed. first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Telltale Spark: Spain Dismantled 1,850 Indoor Cannabis Grows by Tracking Illegal Power Hookups in 2025 Spain has increased penalties for electricity theft linked to indoor cannabis cultivation after Endesa reported a record number of illegal power hookups. In 2025 alone, the company detected 72,700 cases of fraud: about 200 daily—and dismantled nearly 1,850 illegal indoor cannabis grows. These numbers coincide with a significant legal change: starting this year, electricity fraud <p>The post The Telltale Spark: Spain Dismantled 1,850 Indoor Cannabis Grows by Tracking Illegal Power Hookups in 2025 first appeared…

It’s Never Too Late to Grow Fire A 52-year-old first-time grower goes from fluffy buds to fire, proving it’s never too late to start growing weed, and get it right. <p>The post It’s Never Too Late to Grow Fire first appeared on High Times.</p>

Why Do Cone Joints Burn Better Than Straight Joints? A reader asked why cones burn straighter than cylindrical joints. Josh Kesselman has a theory. Here's what the airflow science actually says. <p>The post Why Do Cone Joints Burn Better Than Straight Joints? first appeared on High Times.</p>

How Cannabis Creators Beat Social Media Censorship — One ‘Broccoli’ at a Time Cannabis creators are fighting a war of semantics against social media algorithms — and losing accounts in the process. Here's the survival playbook, straight from those who've cracked the code. <p>The post How Cannabis Creators Beat Social Media Censorship — One ‘Broccoli’ at a Time first appeared on High Times.</p>

‘It’s Still Illegal’: Trump’s Drug Czar on Marijuana Reclassification ONDCP director Sara Carter Bailey told Newsmax that Schedule III only covers medical and research, then pivoted to potency, foreign grows and hemp THC. <p>The post ‘It’s Still Illegal’: Trump’s Drug Czar on Marijuana Reclassification first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Chess Teacher Who Gets You High First Sam Adler runs Puff and Chess events across New York City, where participants get high and learn the Royal Game. His father wrote record reviews for High Times in the 1970s. His mother hosts a PBS cooking show. Cannabis, he'll tell you, helps people drop their guard — and that's exactly the point. <p>The post The Chess Teacher Who Gets You High First first appeared on High Times.</p>

Kodak Black Arrested in Florida on MDMA Trafficking Charge, Pleads Not Guilty Kodak Black has been arrested in Florida and charged with felony MDMA trafficking in connection with a November 2025 investigation near Orlando, though the rapper has pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial. The case highlights how Florida trafficking laws often hinge on the quantity of a substance rather than proof of intent to <p>The post Kodak Black Arrested in Florida on MDMA Trafficking Charge, Pleads Not Guilty first appeared on High Times.</p>

Moms Who Toke, Build, Hustle And Hold It Down For Mother's Day, Maya Elisabeth asked mothers across the cannabis community to talk about the plant in their own words. What came back was honest, funny and completely their own. <p>The post Moms Who Toke, Build, Hustle And Hold It Down first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Study Nobody Wanted: Cannabis, Pregnancy, and the Women Still Paying the Price "The babies with the most cannabis exposure did the best," Dreher says. The study was published. Then they waited for backlash. Nothing happened. No outrage. No replication. No follow-up funding. "Either nobody read it," she says, "or nobody wanted to touch it." <p>The post The Study Nobody Wanted: Cannabis, Pregnancy, and the Women Still Paying the Price first appeared on High Times.</p>

Pride Month Cannabis Collabs Disappear Every July. Laganja Estranja Built One That Won’t. Drag Race fan-favorite Laganja Estranja launches her first cannabis line, "Her Bold Sativa Blend," on May 16, 2026 at Chicago's SWAY Dispensary, Illinois' first queer and Black-owned recreational cannabis dispensary. Cultivated by nuEra Cannabis, the line drops in 3.5g flower eighths and 5-pack pre-rolls, expanding statewide June 1 and built to outlast the typical Pride Month drop cycle. <p>The post Pride Month Cannabis Collabs Disappear Every July. Laganja Estranja Built One That Won’t. first appeared on High Times.</p>