High Times Publisher Josh Kesselman Just Made the Forbes Cannabis List. It Started With a Magazine Smuggled Under His Jacket at 16. Josh Kesselman bought his first copy of High Times at 16, smuggled it under his jacket out of a New York City shop, and read it twice cover to cover. Federal agents later raided his Florida headshop, seized his bongs and told him rolling papers were legal. He took the hint, built RAW into a $200 million global empire, then bought High Times for $3.45 million. Forbes just named…

Jimmy Kimmel Made a Hulu Doc About High Times, But It’s Really About Free Speech, Its Director Says Hulu’s new 4/20 anthology series includes a documentary on High Times and its founder. Director Kyle Thrash tells High Times why he came looking for a human story, not a nostalgia piece, and found one that still feels unresolved. Dana Beal is 78 years old, standing in a courtroom in Gooding County, Idaho, facing a <p>The post Jimmy Kimmel Made a Hulu Doc About High Times, But It’s Really About Free Speech, Its…

This 4/20, Remember The Cannabis Prisoners Legalization Left Behind Stephanie Shepard writes that 4/20 should not only celebrate cannabis culture, but also confront the people still serving decades and life sentences for the same plant. <p>The post This 4/20, Remember The Cannabis Prisoners Legalization Left Behind first appeared on High Times.</p>

Smoke Odor Exterminator: 25 Years of Clearing the Air Smoke Odor Exterminator marks 25 years in smoke shop culture, building a legacy around odor-eliminating candles trusted by generations. <p>The post Smoke Odor Exterminator: 25 Years of Clearing the Air first appeared on High Times.</p>

Why Most Cannabis Brands Fail to Scale Growth isn’t just about demand, it’s about systems. Where cannabis brands get scaling wrong, and how smarter automation is changing operations. <p>The post Why Most Cannabis Brands Fail to Scale first appeared on High Times.</p>

It Took a Text From Joe Rogan. Now Psychedelics Are a Federal Research Priority. Trump signed an executive order April 18 fast-tracking psychedelic research and allocating $50 million for ibogaine. Rogan helped spark it. MAPS, veterans and clinicians are cautiously optimistic. The hard part is execution. <p>The post It Took a Text From Joe Rogan. Now Psychedelics Are a Federal Research Priority. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Kratom Crackdown Signals New Drug Policy Shift As 7-OH faces scrutiny, kratom bans spread—raising questions about whether drug policy reform in the U.S. is moving forward or quietly reversing. <p>The post Kratom Crackdown Signals New Drug Policy Shift first appeared on High Times.</p>

Rosin, Raids and Risk: Spain’s New Cannabis Frontier From home labs and deadly butane blasts to solventless rosin, police raids, and a legal gray zone, Spain is entering a more potent and more volatile phase of cannabis culture. <p>The post Rosin, Raids and Risk: Spain’s New Cannabis Frontier first appeared on High Times.</p>

Cheech Marin Is Talking to Sandwiches in a Jimmy John’s Ad. Cannabis Culture Has Officially Gone Mainstream. Jimmy John's 4/20 Dream Rotation campaign starring Cheech Marin, Kal Penn and Skylar Gisondo is the clearest sign yet that mainstream brands are done tiptoeing around cannabis culture. <p>The post Cheech Marin Is Talking to Sandwiches in a Jimmy John’s Ad. Cannabis Culture Has Officially Gone Mainstream. first appeared on High Times.</p>

You Went Legal. The Federal Government Rewarded You With a 70% Tax Rate. Legal cannabis operators paid $2.24 billion in excess federal taxes in 2025 due to 280E. Whitney Economics says the industry is being taxed out of business. Here's what the numbers mean for operators. <p>The post You Went Legal. The Federal Government Rewarded You With a 70% Tax Rate. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Why Some Heavy Cannabis Users Can’t Stop Throwing Up, According to New Research A survey of more than 1,100 people with suspected or diagnosed CHS offers one of the clearest looks yet at the condition, including a notable finding: exclusive vape cartridge users reported symptoms appearing sooner than exclusive flower smokers. By Riley Kirk, PhD and Codi Peterson, PharmD Cannabis is known for helping fight nausea. It can <p>The post Why Some Heavy Cannabis Users Can’t Stop Throwing Up, According to New Research first appeared on High Times.</p>

Revelry Marks 10 Years With Two Major New York Cannabis Events Revelry celebrates 10 years with two major New York Buyers’ Club events, bringing together top cannabis brands, buyers, and industry insiders. <p>The post Revelry Marks 10 Years With Two Major New York Cannabis Events first appeared on High Times.</p>

Inside Hypno World and the Push Toward High-THC Cannabis Genetics Hypno Seeds expands into Hypno World while pushing high-THC cannabis genetics to new limits with strains reaching up to 39% THC. <p>The post Inside Hypno World and the Push Toward High-THC Cannabis Genetics first appeared on High Times.</p>

Psychedelic Reform Is Spreading Faster Than Anyone Expected. The Movement Is Trying Not to Blow It. Psychedelic legislation is advancing in more states simultaneously than ever before in 2026. New Jersey signed a research law. Oregon overhauled its psilocybin program. Alaska is pushing a ballot measure. And the movement is trying hard not to repeat what happened with cannabis. <p>The post Psychedelic Reform Is Spreading Faster Than Anyone Expected. The Movement Is Trying Not to Blow It. first appeared on High Times.</p>

‘Cannabis Is a Tool, Not an Escape.’ Two Iraqi-American Brothers Built a $180 Million Brand Around That Idea. Two first-generation Iraqi-American brothers built Muha Meds from a $15,000 startup into a $180 million cannabis brand — no outside investors, no shortcuts, no blueprint. <p>The post ‘Cannabis Is a Tool, Not an Escape.’ Two Iraqi-American Brothers Built a $180 Million Brand Around That Idea. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Two Legends, Two Dispensaries: Snoop Dogg and Xzibit Expand Their Cannabis Brands in California Snoop Dogg opens S.W.E.D. Long Beach on May 9. Xzibit opens XWCC Marina on April 18. Two hip-hop icons expanding their cannabis businesses in California, one week apart. <p>The post Two Legends, Two Dispensaries: Snoop Dogg and Xzibit Expand Their Cannabis Brands in California first appeared on High Times.</p>

Alabama Took Five Years to Open Its First Cannabis Dispensary. It’s Finally Happening. Alabama's first medical cannabis dispensary opens May 4. The launch comes five years late, after repeated licensing failures, lawsuits and a state audit that found the overseeing commission overpaid lawyers, violated open meetings laws and failed to keep adequate records. <p>The post Alabama Took Five Years to Open Its First Cannabis Dispensary. It’s Finally Happening. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Thailand Kills Adult-Use Cannabis After Leading Asia’s Weed Boom ¿What Happened? Four years after becoming Asia’s first country to decriminalize adult-use cannabis, Thailand is reversing course. Here’s why its weed boom is coming to an end. <p>The post Thailand Kills Adult-Use Cannabis After Leading Asia’s Weed Boom ¿What Happened? first appeared on High Times.</p>

Most Cannabis Brands Still Post Like It’s 2018. The Internet Moved On Without Them. Parker Beck and Swaroop Suri built Canna Connect around a simple observation: cannabis culture stayed alive and unfiltered on X while most brands kept posting like traditional marketers. Here's why that gap still exists, and what they're doing about it. <p>The post Most Cannabis Brands Still Post Like It’s 2018. The Internet Moved On Without Them. first appeared on High Times.</p>

What Growers Really Talk About When No One’s Watching Behind closed doors, growers focus on instinct, mistakes, and craft—not THC numbers or hype strains. <p>The post What Growers Really Talk About When No One’s Watching first appeared on High Times.</p>

Inside Sweetlife NYC’s Elevated Cannabis Experience Inside Sweetlife NYC, a boutique Upper East Side dispensary blending hospitality, curated cannabis, and seamless Manhattan delivery. <p>The post Inside Sweetlife NYC’s Elevated Cannabis Experience first appeared on High Times.</p>

Zurich’s Weed Trial Is Working So Well Switzerland Just Extended It Again Switzerland has extended Zurich’s legal cannabis pilot through 2028 after strong results showed regulated weed access may reduce illicit sales and improve public health. <p>The post Zurich’s Weed Trial Is Working So Well Switzerland Just Extended It Again first appeared on High Times.</p>

How Many Ice Cream Cones Does It Take to Get Sugar-High? We Asked a Doctor A doctor breaks down the rush, the crash, and why getting “sugar-high” is more complicated than it sounds. <p>The post How Many Ice Cream Cones Does It Take to Get Sugar-High? We Asked a Doctor first appeared on High Times.</p>

New Study Reports Up to 99% Lower Harmful Byproducts With Vaporization vs Smoking A PAX-authored study compares vaporized cannabis to joint smoke, finding lower levels of certain byproducts under lab conditions. <p>The post New Study Reports Up to 99% Lower Harmful Byproducts With Vaporization vs Smoking first appeared on High Times.</p>

How Free Do You Actually Feel as a Cannabis Consumer? NORML Wants to Know NORML's 2026 Cannabis Freedom Survey asks how free consumers actually feel, not just what the law says. Takes one minute. Results matter. <p>The post How Free Do You Actually Feel as a Cannabis Consumer? NORML Wants to Know first appeared on High Times.</p>

She Paid $150,000 for a Florida Cannabis License and Got Nothing. Then She Found Another Way In. GÜD Essence CEO Jasmine Johnson has spent nearly a decade navigating Florida's MMTC licensing system as a Black woman entrepreneur without institutional backing. In an exclusive High Times interview, she breaks down what equity in Florida cannabis actually looks like in practice, and what the state would need to change to make it real. <p>The post She Paid $150,000 for a Florida Cannabis License and Got Nothing. Then She Found Another Way In. first…

High Times Cannabis Cup Hits Atlantic City, NJ: Beanie Sigel, Smoke DZA and New Jersey’s Best Weed All on One Stage The first-ever New Jersey Cannabis Cup comes to Atlantic City's Steel Pier on May 1. Smoke DZA hosts. Beanie Sigel performs. Judging closes April 24. <p>The post High Times Cannabis Cup Hits Atlantic City, NJ: Beanie Sigel, Smoke DZA and New Jersey’s Best Weed All on One Stage first appeared on High Times.</p>

From Royal Balls to Weed Walls: Massive Grow Found in Mansion Linked to King Charles III Police uncovered a massive cannabis grow inside a historic mansion tied to King Charles III of Britain, reviving yet another strange royal connection to weed. <p>The post From Royal Balls to Weed Walls: Massive Grow Found in Mansion Linked to King Charles III first appeared on High Times.</p>

Argentina’s Cannabis Paradox: Access First, Market Later Argentina has built a patient-first cannabis framework with real access, but the commercial and regulatory pieces still have not fully aligned into a cohesive market. <p>The post Argentina’s Cannabis Paradox: Access First, Market Later first appeared on High Times.</p>

Texas Hemp Flower Is Back On Shelves, For Now A Travis County judge temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing new hemp rules that had effectively pushed smokable THCA flower and pre-rolls off shelves, handing the industry a short-term win in one of the country’s most chaotic hemp markets. <p>The post Texas Hemp Flower Is Back On Shelves, For Now first appeared on High Times.</p>

Georgia’s Forgotten Stoner Food: Inside the Lost Cannabis Cuisine of the Caucasus In the mountains of Georgia, a centuries-old cannabis cuisine vanished under Soviet rule. What remains is a fading cultural memory. <p>The post Georgia’s Forgotten Stoner Food: Inside the Lost Cannabis Cuisine of the Caucasus first appeared on High Times.</p>

Clean Label Cannabis: Returning to the Plant That Started It All Clean label cannabis is pushing back on distillates, isolates, and overprocessing—bringing the focus back to the plant itself. <p>The post Clean Label Cannabis: Returning to the Plant That Started It All first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Real Cost of Cannabis Prohibition Cannabis prohibition impacts patients, safety, and jobs. Here’s how outdated policy continues to affect American families. <p>The post The Real Cost of Cannabis Prohibition first appeared on High Times.</p>

The NBA Put Al Harrington Through 12 Surgeries. Cannabis Helped Him Cope. Science Made Him Look Closer. After years of surgeries, rehab and a recovery machine built for return-to-play, the former NBA forward stopped asking whether cannabis could help and started asking harder questions about how it actually worked. <p>The post The NBA Put Al Harrington Through 12 Surgeries. Cannabis Helped Him Cope. Science Made Him Look Closer. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Everything You Know About CBD Is Probably Wrong New interpretations of global drug treaties are reshaping CBD policy, hemp regulation, and medical cannabis access worldwide. <p>The post Everything You Know About CBD Is Probably Wrong first appeared on High Times.</p>

B-Real and Xzibit on Brick Weed, Backwoods and Why They Still ‘Rap Circles’ Around Younger Rappers B-Real, Xzibit and Demrick have spent decades around rap and weed. On “This Thing of Ours,” the Serial Killers trio sound loose, sharp and fully in command. In this conversation with High Times, B-Real and Xzibit look back on first smokes, touring in the pre-legal era, building cannabis businesses and why age still means nothing <p>The post B-Real and Xzibit on Brick Weed, Backwoods and Why They Still ‘Rap Circles’ Around Younger Rappers first appeared…

The THC Arms Race Is Starting To Look Stupid, New Harris Poll Finds A new Harris Poll suggests cannabis consumers are questioning the old potency-first sales pitch, with many saying they care more about clean, trustworthy weed than raw THC numbers. <p>The post The THC Arms Race Is Starting To Look Stupid, New Harris Poll Finds first appeared on High Times.</p>

Psychedelics at the Heart of Ancient Greece: Unveiling the Eleusinian Mysteries Did ancient Greece use psychedelics? New research sheds light on the Eleusinian Mysteries and their possible psychoactive rituals. <p>The post Psychedelics at the Heart of Ancient Greece: Unveiling the Eleusinian Mysteries first appeared on High Times.</p>

Exclusive: YG Marley Launches Young Gong Cannabis Brand YG Marley is entering cannabis as co-founder and brand ambassador of Young Gong, a new venture with Glenmere Farms set to launch April 19 in New York. <p>The post Exclusive: YG Marley Launches Young Gong Cannabis Brand first appeared on High Times.</p>

Who Is the Greatest Joint Roller on Earth? RAW Wants to Know. There’s Cash on the Line RAW’s World Rolling Championship 2026 is now open, with a $2,000 first prize and a nationwide search for the weirdest, sharpest and most ambitious rolling creations in the game. <p>The post Who Is the Greatest Joint Roller on Earth? RAW Wants to Know. There’s Cash on the Line first appeared on High Times.</p>

Snoop Just Brought Death Row Seeds To U.S. Growers Snoop has put his name on plenty of weed. This one hits differently. Death Row’s new Sensi Seeds collaboration is coming to the U.S. with five strains aimed not at shoppers staring at jars, but growers ready to run them. <p>The post Snoop Just Brought Death Row Seeds To U.S. Growers first appeared on High Times.</p>

Cannabis Cup Winner Craig Palmer Took 6 Point From Illicit to Legal in New York Legacy grower Craig Palmer built Sixpoint Cannabis from decades in the underground to a standout brand in New York’s legal market. <p>The post Cannabis Cup Winner Craig Palmer Took 6 Point From Illicit to Legal in New York first appeared on High Times.</p>

How $10 Million Meant for Florida Taxpayers Ended Up in the Anti-Marijuana War A $10 million payment tied to a Florida Medicaid settlement moved through the Hope Florida Foundation, into two anti-drug nonprofits, and then into a political committee fighting marijuana legalization. Public filings also show a major funding surge at SAM Action during the same period. The full picture remains incomplete, but the overlap, timing, and money <p>The post How $10 Million Meant for Florida Taxpayers Ended Up in the Anti-Marijuana War first appeared on High Times.</p>

It’s No Joke: The Oakland ‘Blazers’ Are About to Light Up the East Bay Fan response to the Ballers' April Fools' Day gag convinced the team to go all-in on an alt-identity that's a nod to the city's connection to cannabis culture. <p>The post It’s No Joke: The Oakland ‘Blazers’ Are About to Light Up the East Bay first appeared on High Times.</p>

New Book Explores Tripping, Microdosing And The Expanding World Of Psychedelics DoubleBlind is taking seven years of psychedelic journalism, workshops and community-building and turning it into a hardcover guide aimed at both curious newcomers and seasoned psychonauts. The book arrives April 14. <p>The post New Book Explores Tripping, Microdosing And The Expanding World Of Psychedelics first appeared on High Times.</p>

Jimmy Kimmel Made a Weed Doc for Hulu. Of Course High Times Is In It Jimmy Kimmel’s new Hulu series for 4/20 includes a documentary short on High Times, alongside films on Harold & Kumar, glass art and the cult oddity Ganjasaurus Rex. <p>The post Jimmy Kimmel Made a Weed Doc for Hulu. Of Course High Times Is In It first appeared on High Times.</p>

Scarlett Johansson On Her First Concert Ever (It Was Cypress Hill And She Was Super High) Scarlett Johansson tells Stephen Colbert she got high at her first Cypress Hill concert, recalling a massive blunt and her early experiences with weed. <p>The post Scarlett Johansson On Her First Concert Ever (It Was Cypress Hill And She Was Super High) first appeared on High Times.</p>

Inside the DEA’s Crisis of Legitimacy A long trail of corruption cases, oversight failures, and drug-war contradictions has left the DEA with a credibility problem, even as it continues to influence how cannabis is scheduled, researched, and regulated in the United States. <p>The post Inside the DEA’s Crisis of Legitimacy first appeared on High Times.</p>

An Edibles Rotation Worth Keeping: Rare Cannabinoid Company Review Testing Rare Cannabinoid Company’s mood mints, gummies, and sleep formulas—what actually makes the rotation. <p>The post An Edibles Rotation Worth Keeping: Rare Cannabinoid Company Review first appeared on High Times.</p>

Can Cannabis Save Us From the Antibiotic Apocalypse? As antibiotic resistance accelerates, researchers are exploring cannabinoids for antimicrobial potential. Could cannabis help slow a growing global crisis? <p>The post Can Cannabis Save Us From the Antibiotic Apocalypse? first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Keeper of Thai Weed On Koh Tao, KD has spent decades preserving landrace genetics, sharing seeds across generations, and treating cannabis less like a product than a living inheritance. <p>The post The Keeper of Thai Weed first appeared on High Times.</p>

Weed’s Most Detail-Obsessed Smokers Just Linked Up With High Times Proper Doinks, the cannabis competition platform behind the Proper Smoke League and High Rollers bracket, is teaming up with High Times for a series of collaborations including future Cannabis Cup activations. <p>The post Weed’s Most Detail-Obsessed Smokers Just Linked Up With High Times first appeared on High Times.</p>

Big Finance Found A New Way To Go After Cannabis: By Policing Speech A new book from civil liberties advocate Rainey Reitman digs into “financial censorship,” and one of its sharpest chapters lands right in cannabis, where debanking, stigma and corporate overreach have shaped far more than balance sheets. <p>The post Big Finance Found A New Way To Go After Cannabis: By Policing Speech first appeared on High Times.</p>

50 Years After “Legalize It,” the Fight Isn’t Over Fifty years after Peter Tosh’s “Legalize It,” his daughter Niambe McIntosh carries the fight forward through advocacy, reform, and personal loss. <p>The post 50 Years After “Legalize It,” the Fight Isn’t Over first appeared on High Times.</p>

Trump Fired Pam Bondi. What Changes For Marijuana Rescheduling? Pam Bondi is out, Todd Blanche is in, and the immediate question for cannabis is whether that changes the fate of marijuana rescheduling. The early answer appears to be no, or at least not much. The harder question is the one High Times has been asking all along: if Schedule III arrives, who actually benefits? <p>The post Trump Fired Pam Bondi. What Changes For Marijuana Rescheduling? first appeared on High Times.</p>

Pizza Movie Takes the Old Stoner Comedy Blueprint and Lets It Hallucinate A pizza run, a stash of mystery drugs and a pair of college freshmen are enough to launch Pizza Movie into full freakout mode, but what makes it stick is how smartly it mutates the old stoner-comedy formula for a faster, stranger generation. <p>The post Pizza Movie Takes the Old Stoner Comedy Blueprint and Lets It Hallucinate first appeared on High Times.</p>

A $160K Bracket, Live Finals and Glass Heat: Proper Smoke Network Will Host a Connoisseur Event on Apr. 25 The High Rollers Live Show brings Proper Doinks off the screen and into a six-hour event built around competition, connoisseurship and people who actually care how the joint smokes. <p>The post A $160K Bracket, Live Finals and Glass Heat: Proper Smoke Network Will Host a Connoisseur Event on Apr. 25 first appeared on High Times.</p>

The UK’s ‘Cannabis Martyr’ Keeps Opening Weed Cafes. Britain Keeps Locking Him Up. Gary Youds has spent nearly 20 years opening cannabis cafes in Liverpool, getting raided, getting jailed, and refusing to stop. <p>The post The UK’s ‘Cannabis Martyr’ Keeps Opening Weed Cafes. Britain Keeps Locking Him Up. first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Feds Just Started Reimbursing Hemp CBD And THC Products. Anti-Weed Groups Immediately Sued A new federal program that took effect April 1 lets certain participating care models furnish up to $500 a year in eligible hemp-derived CBD and low-THC products for approved patients. It also triggered an immediate lawsuit from SAM and other anti-marijuana groups trying to shut it down. <p>The post The Feds Just Started Reimbursing Hemp CBD And THC Products. Anti-Weed Groups Immediately Sued first appeared on High Times.</p>

Uruguay Slashes Illicit Cannabis Market to 6.7%—But Faces New Challenges More than a decade after making history as the first country to legalize adult-use cannabis, Uruguay has entered a new phase: the system works, but it’s no longer enough. <p>The post Uruguay Slashes Illicit Cannabis Market to 6.7%—But Faces New Challenges first appeared on High Times.</p>