David Nutt and Global Experts Gather for Europe’s Premier Psychedelic Science Conference Europe’s leading psychedelic medicine event, PSYCH Symposium 2025, returns to London Dec 4 with top scientists and policymakers. <p>The post David Nutt and Global Experts Gather for Europe’s Premier Psychedelic Science Conference first appeared on High Times.</p>

Majority of Canadians Want Carney Government to Catch Up on Cannabis Policy Three in five Canadians say it’s time the legal cannabis industry was treated as an economic opportunity.

Verano Reports $203M in Q3 Revenue, $44M Net Loss The company’s assets at the end of the quarter were $385 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $83 million.

Vireo Growth, Verano Holdings Reach Settlement on Litigation The two cannabis companies announced a resolution, dismissing all legal matters pending before the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Michigan’s New 24% Cannabis Wholesale Tax Leads CBT’s Top Stories in October The new tax is set to go into effect Jan. 1. Trump’s drug czar nominee’s cannabis policy and the government shutdown also led the top stories this month.

Why Religion Was Never Sober: Lessons from Gary Laderman’s ‘Sacred Drugs’ Gary Laderman’s "Sacred Drugs" explores how substances—from coffee to psychedelics—shape modern spirituality and sacred life. <p>The post Why Religion Was Never Sober: Lessons from Gary Laderman’s ‘Sacred Drugs’ first appeared on High Times.</p>

Why California’s Treasurer Says the State’s Adult-Use Cannabis Law Is a Failure California Treasurer Fiona Ma didn’t hold back at IgniteIt’s Market Spotlight: California. Calling the state’s adult-use legalization law “a failure,” she said enforcement is backward, taxes are punishing the compliant, and real reform starts with full descheduling, not half measures. <p>The post Why California’s Treasurer Says the State’s Adult-Use Cannabis Law Is a Failure first appeared on High Times.</p>

Anarchy in the UK: Ketamine Deaths Increase 10 Fold in 10 Years In the United Kingdom, ketamine-related deaths have increased tenfold from 2014 to 2024. The study seeks to provide relevant information in the context of the possible rescheduling of the drug. <p>The post Anarchy in the UK: Ketamine Deaths Increase 10 Fold in 10 Years first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Living Soil Revolution: Cannabis, Regeneration, and Resistance Living soil isn’t a trend—it’s a rebellion. How growers are restoring cannabis, culture, and the planet from the ground up. <p>The post The Living Soil Revolution: Cannabis, Regeneration, and Resistance first appeared on High Times.</p>

MariMed Announces Strategic Exit From Missouri Cannabis Market The company will no longer manage a facility under an agreement with another company, and it will no longer seek the license transfer.

10th Circuit Court Rules 2018 Farm Bill Does Not Preempt Wyoming Hemp THC Laws The appellate court ruled that states like Wyoming have the right to redefine hemp in a more restrictive manner than the federal standard.

The High Times Guide to THCA: What It Is, How It Works, and Why Everyone’s Talking About It THCA is the loophole lighting up the weed world. Here’s how it works, why it’s legal (for now), and what really happens when you spark it. <p>The post The High Times Guide to THCA: What It Is, How It Works, and Why Everyone’s Talking About It first appeared on High Times.</p>

What If Barstool and Vice Hotboxed a Studio? Proper Smoke Network by First Smoke x Proper Doinks Has Arrived First Smoke of the Day and Proper Doinks launch Proper Smoke Network, a new home for cannabis culture, community and competition. <p>The post What If Barstool and Vice Hotboxed a Studio? Proper Smoke Network by First Smoke x Proper Doinks Has Arrived first appeared on High Times.</p>

39 Attorneys General Tell Federal Lawmakers to Ban Hemp THC Products The bipartisan group wrote a letter to GOP committee leaders, asking that they redefine hemp in the appropriations process or farm bill reauthorization.

Now Is the Time to Embrace, Not Abandon, Cannabis Activism NORML’s Paul Armentano says the fight isn’t over: protect consumers, resist rollbacks, and remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act. Grassroots advocacy still leads the way. <p>The post Now Is the Time to Embrace, Not Abandon, Cannabis Activism first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Boston Beer Co. Launches Emerald Hour Gummies in Canada The nonalcoholic cannabis cocktail brand is bringing its signature craftsmanship to edibles.

CULTA Appoints Cannabis Industry Veteran Joseph Andreae as CEO The seasoned cannabis executive will advance the Maryland company’s commitment to craft, quality and community.

Weed, Punk, and the Outlaw Who Accidentally Built Coachella How weed smuggler Gary Tovar fueled SoCal punk and helped create Coachella—an outlaw tale of smoke, sound, and rebellion. <p>The post Weed, Punk, and the Outlaw Who Accidentally Built Coachella first appeared on High Times.</p>

I Worked a Day as a Budtender in Brooklyn: Here’s What I Learned Guest budtending in Brooklyn revealed the real NY weed culture: micro-grows, legacy stories, Biggie murals, and a shop where everyone feels like family. <p>The post I Worked a Day as a Budtender in Brooklyn: Here’s What I Learned first appeared on High Times.</p>

Ganja & the Gold Rush: What Levi Strauss Can Teach Us About Craft and Cannabis Entirely by chance, my father is buried just a few rows away from Levi Strauss, the man whose name is synonymous with denim and one of the most enduring clothing brands in American history. For decades, whenever I went to the cemetery just outside San Francisco, I’d quickly pause to say hello to Mr. Strauss. <p>The post Ganja & the Gold Rush: What Levi Strauss Can Teach Us About Craft and Cannabis first appeared on High…

[Video] G Herbo: Snoop Rolled My Blunt and Let Me Hit It, Smoking A Zip a Day, Chicago Munchies (Weird) and What’s Next Some stories don’t need dressing. They just land. G Herbo sits back, cracks a grin and lets it fly. A story you can picture. “Probably with Snoop,” he says when asked about his most memorable sesh. “I was like 18. I left a bunch of Swishers on the table, came back and Snoop was already <p>The post [Video] G Herbo: Snoop Rolled My Blunt and Let Me Hit…

Maryland Police Want To Watch You Smoke Weed: Free Munchies and Ride Home Included You smoke weed in front of the cops, get free munchies, and a ride home. Not a dream, no. It’s the new Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) program, as part of the Maryland Highway Safety Office’s Zero Deaths DUI Conference. <p>The post Maryland Police Want To Watch You Smoke Weed: Free Munchies and Ride Home Included first appeared on High Times.</p>

Unexpected Pleasures of Weed: The Strain That Turned My Husband Into a Clean Freak Blue Dream made my husband a dish-washing machine. Here’s the science behind cannabis, dopamine, terpenes, and the strange joy of compulsive cleaning. <p>The post Unexpected Pleasures of Weed: The Strain That Turned My Husband Into a Clean Freak first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Epic High Times Cannabis Cup Journey, From Amsterdam to the Empire State The Cannabis Cup started in Amsterdam in 1988 and never stopped evolving. Now New York takes the mic with the biggest People’s Choice to date. <p>The post The Epic High Times Cannabis Cup Journey, From Amsterdam to the Empire State first appeared on High Times.</p>

Bad Stoner Horror: The 10 Worst-Rated 420 Scary Movies The horror genre and weed culture have crossed paths plenty of times, giving birth to a quirky subgenre known as stoner horror. But not all of these productions hit the mark, some are as bad as they come. <p>The post Bad Stoner Horror: The 10 Worst-Rated 420 Scary Movies first appeared on High Times.</p>

Cannabis Ventures, Start-Up Best Practices, and Ways to Compete Most successful start-ups are taking a cautious and conservative approach to their build-outs and are properly capturing costs.

Colombia’s Bold Offer to Trump: Legal Weed Exports for Peace Colombian President Gustavo Petro opened a controversial new front line by proposing to U.S. President Donald Trump more than just a trade adjustment: he asked that "the export of cannabis be legalized like any other good." <p>The post Colombia’s Bold Offer to Trump: Legal Weed Exports for Peace first appeared on High Times.</p>

Time for a Cannabis Reboot: Local Roots, Fair Markets, Real Change Written by Shaleen Title and Damian Fagon Federal cannabis bills are not coming to save us. It’s October 2025, and the corporate-led strategy that has dominated the movement is dead. The same bills get introduced over and over, and like zombies, we deliver the same recycled responses, fight the same identical fights, and make no <p>The post Time for a Cannabis Reboot: Local Roots, Fair Markets, Real Change first appeared on High Times.</p>

Smart Cannabis: The AI Revolution No Operator Can Ignore AI and automation are reshaping cannabis, from cultivation and compliance to retail and manufacturing. Discover the smart tech every operator needs to stay competitive. <p>The post Smart Cannabis: The AI Revolution No Operator Can Ignore first appeared on High Times.</p>

Curio Wellness Acquires 4 Greenlight Dispensaries in Missouri The Maryland-based cannabis company entered into a definitive agreement as a step toward expanding its national footprint.

MariMed to Expand Brand Distribution to New York The Massachusetts-based cannabis company entered a licensing agreement with Farm 2 Hand to sell its portfolio of products throughout the state.

Ohio House Passes Cannabis, Hemp Bill Resulting From ‘Venn Diagram From Hell’ The substitute bill alters the state’s 2023 voter-approved legalization initiative and provides a legal pathway for selling intoxicating hemp products.

Rhode Island Cannabis Chair Steps Down; Adult-Use Dispensary Awards Months Away The state commission’s inaugural chairperson, Kimberly Ahern, is leaving her post as 24 adult-use dispensary licenses won’t be awarded until May 2026.

How America Accidentally Legalized Lab Cannabis …and still doesn’t know what to do about it. <p>The post How America Accidentally Legalized Lab Cannabis first appeared on High Times.</p>

Metrc Announces In-Person Events in New York to Prepare Licensees For Track-and-Trace Implementation All businesses will be required to use the Metrc system with a target date of Dec. 17.

Sorting Robotics Becomes Cannabis Manufacturing’s First True Systems Integrator The company’s new custom integrations and automation services connect fragmented cannabis production lines into unified, scalable systems.

Lifestyle Brand Cookies Launches in Brazil With Premium Wellness Products CR Wellness partnered with the most globally recognized cannabis company.

Village Farms Introduces Industry-First, One-Way Aroma Valve in Cannabis Packaging The company’s Pure Sunfarms brand becomes the first licensed producer in Canada to let consumers see and smell flower before purchase.

Wisconsin Lawmakers Rally for Medical Cannabis Legalization in Committee Hearing The state Senate’s top Republican officers shared personal stories to advocate for reform in the chamber’s Health Committee hearing.

‘Rent-a-License’ Scheme Highlights New York Cannabis’s Track-and-Trace Problem State regulators filed multiple charges against processor and distributor Omnium Canna, seeking license revocation, debarment and fines.

What Winning Looks Like: The New Jersey Dispensaries Playing a Different Game New Jersey’s legal cannabis market is bloated, messy, and on the verge of collapsing under its own weight. With over 250 licensed dispensaries across the state, competition is fierce, margins are thin, and many operators are struggling to survive — especially in oversaturated areas like Atlantic City, where at least one retail shop recently laid <p>The post What Winning Looks Like: The New Jersey Dispensaries Playing a Different Game first appeared on High Times.</p>

American Council of Cannabis Medicine Unveils Major Industry Initiative to Expand Medical Cannabis Access New partnerships with insurers, associations and health systems signal a landmark shift in patient access and affordability through ACCM’s Elevated States program.

Raw Garden Acquires ‘California Love’ to Grow Clean Cannabis Movement The acquisition strengthens Raw Garden’s mission to expand access to clean cannabis across California.

Jews in Weed: Building Community, One Bagel at a Time Bagels, buds, and belonging—how ‘Jews in Weed’ turned Friday hangouts into a nationwide cannabis community. <p>The post Jews in Weed: Building Community, One Bagel at a Time first appeared on High Times.</p>

Planet 13 Opens 34th Florida Dispensary in Pace The company’s new medical cannabis facility in Pace, near Pensacola, is located on a busy retail corridor in the panhandle.

A Long Strange Trip: Yelawolf and Edward Crowe Bring Blotter Art to Life Yelawolf and manager/business partner Edward Crowe fully embrace the fact that they took copious amounts of LSD growing up and became intimately acquainted with the perforated (and often intricately designed) blotter paper. From unique psychedelic artwork to simple 2D symbols printed on each hit, the style was intriguing to Crowe. To Wolf, it symbolized the <p>The post A Long Strange Trip: Yelawolf and Edward Crowe Bring Blotter Art to Life first appeared on High Times.</p>

Massachusetts Ballot Campaign to End Adult-Use Cannabis Market ‘On Track’ to Collect Enough Signatures The petitioners aim to collect more than the 74,574 signatures needed to place ‘Version B’ of a prohibition initiative on the 2026 ballot.

Rubicon Organics Announces Health Canada Cultivation License For Cascadia Facility The 47,500-square-foot cannabis facility in British Columbia represents a 40% increase in the company’s cultivation capacity.

Cannabis Workforce Solutions: How Licensed Cultivators, Dispensaries Benefit From Industry-Education Alliances (Opinion) As the cannabis industry matures, the integration of targeted workforce and business development training will be essential.

Inside the Grit and Growth of Jason Reposa’s Good Vibes Empire Cannabis founder Jason Reposa shares how resilience, scrappiness, and high-dose edibles are shaping the Massachusetts market and why taste and value matter most. <p>The post Inside the Grit and Growth of Jason Reposa’s Good Vibes Empire first appeared on High Times.</p>

Mushroom Medicine Is the Future—And It’s Growing in My Kitchen When people think of ‘genetics’, they often picture white lab coats and million-dollar facilities. My mushroom genetics lab doesn’t look like that. It looks like countertops stacked with agar plates, cabinets filled with jars, and magnetic stir plates humming in the kitchen where my dishes should be. I’ve turned my whole house into a workspace. <p>The post Mushroom Medicine Is the Future—And It’s Growing in My Kitchen first appeared on High Times.</p>

Kenya’s Music & Art Scene Keep Cannabis Culture Thriving Despite Colonial Laws I’m in a bus on the Thika Super Highway, headed to Juja. It’s dark outside, but I leave my window open, loving how the wind feels against my face. My brother and I had a quick sesh before I left for home, and the THC is just now kicking in.  Gengetone music is blasting from <p>The post Kenya’s Music & Art Scene Keep Cannabis Culture Thriving Despite Colonial Laws first appeared on High Times.</p>

Viola, Allen Iverson Partner With Horticulture Co. to Launch IVERSON, a Craft THC Soda The new line of low-dose, plant-powered soda is an alternative to alcohol, redefining how we unwind.

Chaos in a Jar: Field-Testing Flower for Hash A harvest-season road trip across Northern California to learn what makes a flower “wash,” and why trichomes rule the modern hash game. <p>The post Chaos in a Jar: Field-Testing Flower for Hash first appeared on High Times.</p>

How Genomics is Shaping the Future of Cannabis Breeding Cannabis breeding is evolving at light speed, merging underground tradition with cutting-edge genomics. Here’s how science is shaping the next generation of cultivars. <p>The post How Genomics is Shaping the Future of Cannabis Breeding first appeared on High Times.</p>

OpEd: Dear California, This Isn’t Legalization In this powerful speech, industry leader Ben Larson critiques California’s restrictive cannabis policies and calls for smarter, more inclusive legalization that protects access to both regulated cannabis and innovative hemp-derived products. <p>The post OpEd: Dear California, This Isn’t Legalization first appeared on High Times.</p>

California City Cracks Down on Unlicensed Smoke Shops Lancaster law enforcement officials partnered with state officials to target ‘unsafe’ hemp, cannabis and tobacco marketed toward children.

Delaware Regulators Warn of Scammer Impersonating Licensed Cannabis Dispensary The Delaware Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement warned the public that a ‘fraudulent’ operation is targeting college students and residents.

Lifelong Humboldt County Cultivator Goes Global to Fight Cratering Prices Jason Gellman of Ridgeline Farms says selling genetics to companies that can amplify his reach is the best way to survive oversupply in California’s legal market.

Progress? Yes. Justice? Not Yet: Cannabis Possession Still Makes Up 20% of US Drug Arrests In 2024, more than 20% of drug arrests were for cannabis possession, according to NORML’s analysis of FBI Crime Data Explorer figures. To put that into perspective, last year saw 204,036 cannabis-related arrests. <p>The post Progress? Yes. Justice? Not Yet: Cannabis Possession Still Makes Up 20% of US Drug Arrests first appeared on High Times.</p>