Curaleaf International Expands Medical Cannabis Education Platform for Health Care Professionals in Poland The education platform provides free access to structured, clinical training in medical cannabis.

Why Your Brilliant Weed Ideas Sound Terrible the Next Day Cannabis loosens self-criticism and everyday logic, which is why the idea feels like a revelation at midnight and like nonsense at nine in the morning. The gap is real. It's also the point. <p>The post Why Your Brilliant Weed Ideas Sound Terrible the Next Day first appeared on High Times.</p>

Missouri DHSS Files Proposed Rule Amendments Regarding Cannabis Facilities The proposals aim to clarify and improve ownership requirements, establish rules for license transfers, clarify recall procedures and address rule violations.

California Cannabis Operator’s Hands Tied as Product Faces Death Sentence Euphoric Life’s 17-month battle against the Department of Cannabis Control’s destruction order illustrates the ‘untenable’ circumstances facing licensed businesses.

Greenline Expands to California Retail With Pajaro Dispensary Grand Opening The vertically integrated Monterey Bay cultivator brings award-winning indoor strains – including ‘Orange Tree’ – directly to Watsonville shelves at grower-direct prices.

Trulieve Repays $65 Million Mortgage, Strengthening Balance Sheet The cannabis company announced the full repayment of its mortgage notes secured by a Florida cultivation facility.

Jerome Baker and Kaleidoscope Chase Full-Flavor Weed Jerome Baker Designs and The Kaleidoscope Collective pair limited genetics, New York flower, and collectible glass in a new collaboration. <p>The post Jerome Baker and Kaleidoscope Chase Full-Flavor Weed first appeared on High Times.</p>

Texas Hemp Business Council Issues Voter Guide on Hemp Policy The candidate questionnaire examines positions on the future of Texas’ hemp industry.

California Harvest Preview: A Complex ‘Croptober’ Meets Soft Prices California’s outdoor cannabis farmers start a bountiful harvest amid price pressures. Fair weather and ample licensed plant counts point to an October haul up to 22 million wet pounds.

Nick Swardson Co-Wrote ‘Grandma’s Boy.’ He Wasn’t Even Smoking Weed. Twenty years after Grandma's Boy, Nick Swardson talks writing stoner dialogue for grandmas, giving script notes on Percocet from a hospital bed and why quitting drinking kicked off the most productive stretch of his career. <p>The post Nick Swardson Co-Wrote ‘Grandma’s Boy.’ He Wasn’t Even Smoking Weed. first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Campaign to Repeal Cannabis Sales in Massachusetts Uses Slippery Stats The coalition behind Question 8 claims teen cannabis use nearly quadrupled after legal sales began. The number comes from a psychiatric ER sample, and statewide survey data shows the opposite. <p>The post The Campaign to Repeal Cannabis Sales in Massachusetts Uses Slippery Stats first appeared on High Times.</p>

Curaleaf Files Update to Offering Circular The cannabis company has filed a formal update to its circular incorporating its previously announced increased offer for Aurora.

DEA Opens New Schedule III Registration Portal for Medical Cannabis Businesses The DEA has opened a new Schedule III registration process for state-licensed medical cannabis businesses, bringing manufacturers, distributors and labs into a federal controlled-substances framework. The shift also carries major tax implications, including relief from Section 280E for qualifying operators. <p>The post DEA Opens New Schedule III Registration Portal for Medical Cannabis Businesses first appeared on High Times.</p>

Safe Harbor Announces Preliminary Third Quarter 2026 Deposit Results Safe Harbor’s trailing 14-day average deposits reach approximately $119.3 million as of quarter-end, up 7.4% year-over-year and approximately 25% above the May 2025 low, as deposit growth accelerates for the second straight quarter.

Wherefour Launches AI Features for Manufacturing With Secure Data Access, Human-Approved Compliance Workflows Wherefour’s expanded suite of AI capabilities streamlines regulatory workflows and minimizes the hands-on workload required to establish and support compliance operations.

Phoenix Rising Is Bringing Psychedelic Culture to Nashville Phoenix Rising Psychedelic Speakeasy brings art, music, and psychedelic education to Nashville on November 5. <p>The post Phoenix Rising Is Bringing Psychedelic Culture to Nashville first appeared on High Times.</p>

US Congresswoman Joins Fight to Keep Cannabis Legal in Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley is urging Massachusetts voters to reject a ballot measure that aims to repeal the state’s adult-use cannabis laws.

Spherex Acquires 2 Colorado Cultivation Facilities From Cannabist to Become Vertically Integrated The company’s first acquisition will more than double Spherex’s workforce, expand the brand into cultivation and strengthen control over its supply chain.

Ascend Wellness Opens 7th Ohio Dispensary in Lewis Center The cannabis company’s new retail facility expands its Ohio footprint in the Columbus area.

Aurora Maintains Shareholder Recommendation to Take No Action; Curaleaf Has Yet to File Revised Bid Once Curaleaf files a Notice of Variation and Change to revise its offer, Aurora’s special committee will complete a comprehensive review.

We Smoked a Joint With The Napa Boys Cast in the Apartment Where the Movie Was Written Ten p.m. on a Glendale balcony, two floors above the theater that just screened the movie, in the apartment where it was written. Five of the cast and crew, one two-gram doink, and the first joint Mike Mitchell has smoked in twenty years. Awkwafina has already signed on for the sequel. <p>The post We Smoked a Joint With The Napa Boys Cast in the Apartment Where the Movie Was Written first appeared on High…

Cannara Expands International Supply Agreement With Curaleaf The amended agreement has a potential aggregate contract value of approximately C$34 million over its two-year term.

Vireo Growth Announces Financing for New York, Florida Cultivation Facilities The transaction supports ownership of key cultivation and production infrastructure in two core markets

SNDL Board Director Abruptly Resigns Carolo Cannell’s resignation is effective ‘immediately.’ The cannabis company provided no further details.

Curaleaf Enhances Offer to Acquire Aurora Cannabis in Takeover Bid The cannabis company increased the total implied consideration by 25% to US $5 per Aurora share, representing a premium of 86% to Aurora’s unaffected share price.

DEA Opens New Schedule III Registration Portal for Medical Cannabis Manufacturers, Distributors, Labs State-licensed medical cannabis businesses can use the new Form 225 application process to register under the Controlled Substances Act.

Is Sulfur Deficiency Stalling Your Cannabis Crop? Often overlooked in cannabis nutrient programs, sulfur plays a key role in plant growth, terpene production, and disease management. Learn how to identify and address common causes of sulfur deficiency.

Massachusetts Governor Urges No Vote on Cannabis Prohibition Measure Gov. Maura Healey said she opposes Question 8, a ballot measure that aims to wipe out the state’s adult-use legalization laws.

Florida May Have 3 Options to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis in 2028 A pair of related legalization campaigns filed their proposed initiatives with state officials, potentially competing with a Trulieve-backed campaign.

Feeding the Dirt, Not the Plant: Inside the Farms Betting on Living Soil From a Humboldt homestead his parents built fifty years ago to a father-son extraction brand in Southern Oregon to a 20-acre farm in Biddeford, Maine, three growers explain why they left the bottles behind and started building soil instead. <p>The post Feeding the Dirt, Not the Plant: Inside the Farms Betting on Living Soil first appeared on High Times.</p>

Reggaeton Pioneer Randy Wants to Beat California at Its Own Game With a Puerto Rican Weed Brand Randy of Jowell & Randy has launched La Zaza, a cannabis brand built on Caribbean identity and premium positioning. He says he's in the lab, not just on the label, and that West Coast brands have quality but no cultural soul. <p>The post Reggaeton Pioneer Randy Wants to Beat California at Its Own Game With a Puerto Rican Weed Brand first appeared on High Times.</p>

Jamaica’s Cannabis Reform Opens a New Path for Small Growers Jamaica has introduced two new special permits designed to help traditional growers and small farmers enter its regulated cannabis industry despite the financial, technical and administrative barriers that have historically kept them out. The reforms create transitional and community-based pathways into the legal market while extending cultivation licenses and simplifying some requirements. Jamaica is one <p>The post Jamaica’s Cannabis Reform Opens a New Path for Small Growers first appeared on High Times.</p>

Italy Barely Has Any Fentanyl… Thanks to the Mafia? What the Evidence Says Italy has extensive opioid use, established illicit drug markets and criminal organizations capable of moving substances across continents, yet fentanyl remains remarkably scarce. Theories range from mafia groups protecting established cocaine and heroin markets to simple differences in demand, while a recent hospital theft of 80 vials raises new questions about how long that absence <p>The post Italy Barely Has Any Fentanyl… Thanks to the Mafia? What the Evidence Says first appeared on High Times.</p>

‘3’ Asks What You’d Do If You Knew You Had 72 Hrs Left The new film 3 follows an artist given three days to live, turning grief, love, art, and one strange prophecy into a story about choosing to live. <p>The post ‘3’ Asks What You’d Do If You Knew You Had 72 Hrs Left first appeared on High Times.</p>

AYR Wellness Announces Completion of Ohio Asset Transfer The closing is the first transfer of its Ohio operations into wholly-owned subsidiaries of Arboretum Bidco.

Federal Cannabis Sentencing Gave Her 8 Years. She Has Missed Her Son’s First Steps, First Christmas, First Birthday. Yasquasia Delcarmen is 16 months into an 8-year federal sentence for cannabis, with 3 years of probation to follow. She was 11 months into motherhood when she was taken into custody. In a federal facility she watches people serving less time for trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine, and she has questions about a system where refusing to cooperate with prosecutors costs more than the conduct itself. <p>The post Federal Cannabis Sentencing Gave Her 8…

I Got Sick Spraying Pesticides on Weed. Now I Think All Farming Should Test Like Cannabis. What cannabis is teaching us about pesticides and modern agriculture. <p>The post I Got Sick Spraying Pesticides on Weed. Now I Think All Farming Should Test Like Cannabis. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Are You Sure You’re Not Committing a Crime? The Supreme Court Ruling That Put Spain’s CBD Flower Industry on Edge and United the Entire Sector Rafael Fernández de Noreña opened one of Spain’s first CBD shops in 2018. Eight years later, his company is closed and his case has become a precedent that prosecutors are already citing against other flower retailers. What Supreme Court ruling 301/2026 does and does not say, and how the industry organized to respond. “The company <p>The post Are You Sure You’re Not Committing a Crime? The…

Better Call Saul: How Cannabis Lawyers Work in a Business That’s Still a Federal Crime Rachel Gillette, Bob Hoban, Jessica González and Juan Palomino on 280E, the trademark gap, the Farm Bill accident and what it costs to build an industry on the backs of people still serving time. <p>The post Better Call Saul: How Cannabis Lawyers Work in a Business That’s Still a Federal Crime first appeared on High Times.</p>

High Times Cannabis Cup Lands in Latin America: Argentina in October, Puerto Rico in December The High Times Cannabis Cup awards in Buenos Aires on October 23 and in San Juan on December 5. Argentina has five categories, lab analysis and a competitor registration deadline of October 10. Puerto Rico has ten categories, a thirteen-judge panel, the Cannabiz Awards on the same night and submissions closing October 16. <p>The post High Times Cannabis Cup Lands in Latin America: Argentina in October, Puerto Rico in December first appeared on High Times.</p>

DEA Judge Freezes Cannabis Rescheduling Over a Report About Missing Paperwork DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek Julius stayed the cannabis rescheduling proceeding on September 29 while he decides whether to admit a Government Accountability Office report on scheduling procedures. The report found the DEA aligned with HHS in all 84 cases that reached a final decision. It makes no finding about cannabis. The three parties that asked for the stay were among the only outside participants the DEA admitted to the hearing, all of them opponents. <p>The post DEA Judge…

Dispensaries Are Throwing Real Parties Now. Here’s What Separates a Good One From a Balloon by the Door. Cannabis dispensaries logged 679 events in the first half of 2026, more than in all of 2025. Capri King of Kings House of Fire, marketing consultant Jamie Cooper and Event-Hi's Adelia Fakhri on why timing decides whether a pop-up pays for itself, what swag people actually keep, and what gets a brand ambassador sent home. <p>The post Dispensaries Are Throwing Real Parties Now. Here’s What Separates a Good One From a Balloon by…

Five Lessons From a Colorado Grower Who Survived Cannabis’ Boom and Bust Durango Organics founder Jonny Radding shares cultivation and business lessons from nearly 15 years in Colorado cannabis, from scaling operations to building consistency. <p>The post Five Lessons From a Colorado Grower Who Survived Cannabis’ Boom and Bust first appeared on High Times.</p>

Cannabis Withdrawal Treatment: Experimental Drug Shows Promise in Small Trial An experimental drug combining nabilone and gabapentin reduced the severity and bothersomeness of cannabis withdrawal symptoms in a small randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving adults with moderate-to-severe cannabis use disorder. The results offer an early signal of potential benefit, but with only 14 participants, a short study period and financial ties to the drug’s developer, much <p>The post Cannabis Withdrawal Treatment: Experimental Drug Shows Promise in Small Trial first appeared on High Times.</p>

Living on the Edge: Terp Basel Is Half Festival, Half Trade Show Terp Basel grew out of sesh culture. Five years in, the Miami gathering shows what happens when weed, art, brands, and community collide. <p>The post Living on the Edge: Terp Basel Is Half Festival, Half Trade Show first appeared on High Times.</p>

‘Hunter S. Thompson Trained Himself to Be Wasted and Proficient’: A Talk With Chloe Sells, the Assistant Who Photographed Owl Farm Chloe Sells was Hunter S. Thompson's personal assistant from 2003 until his death, and the only photographer he let inside Owl Farm. She talks to High Times about acid, the problem with high-THC weed, AI, beauty as politics and the peanut butter Bloody Marys. <p>The post ‘Hunter S. Thompson Trained Himself to Be Wasted and Proficient’: A Talk With Chloe Sells, the Assistant Who Photographed Owl Farm first appeared on…

Texas Gave Him 75 Years for Cannabis. He Was 19, and His Son Was Born While He Was Inside. Julian Andrade is serving 75 years in Texas for a nonviolent cannabis charge, plus concurrent terms of 50 and 10. He was 19 when he was sentenced. His son was born while he was incarcerated, and Texas clemency rules require a written recommendation from the same officials who prosecuted him just to be eligible to apply. <p>The post Texas Gave Him 75 Years for Cannabis. He Was 19, and His Son Was…

How Grown Rogue Took Its Oregon Growing Playbook to New Jersey Grown Rogue’s cultivation story began in Southern Oregon. Today, its flower is grown indoors in Paulsboro, New Jersey, as the company builds its presence in the state. <p>The post How Grown Rogue Took Its Oregon Growing Playbook to New Jersey first appeared on High Times.</p>

I Spent My Life Chasing Flavor. Eventually, It Led Me to Weed Illness kept changing the rules of Scott Spolverino’s life. His obsession with flavor led from tea to whisky and, eventually, cannabis. <p>The post I Spent My Life Chasing Flavor. Eventually, It Led Me to Weed first appeared on High Times.</p>

If ‘Niche’ Is the New ‘Cool,’ Then Pressed Hash Is Ice Cold: A Golden State Hash Report Temple balls, pressed dry sift, little cosmetic jars of sand. David Downs reports from the third annual SF Hash Week on the state of traditional hash in California: what Solful debuted for Oil Day, why Nasha's Baron Lutz says demand is flat but the high end is growing, how Cali hash started flowing back into Europe, and the counterfeit bricks that followed it there. <p>The post If ‘Niche’ Is the New ‘Cool,’ Then Pressed…

Good Times Is Done With Potency Theater New Jersey’s Good Times uses cannabinoid ratios, fast-acting gummies, and sharp flavor design to make legal weed easier to read. <p>The post Good Times Is Done With Potency Theater first appeared on High Times.</p>

90% of Americans Want Legal Weed. Lawmakers in Both Parties Keep Punishing Them for It. NORML's Paul Armentano on the two-front war against cannabis consumers: Republican lawmakers overturning or attacking voter-approved legalization in South Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Texas and Idaho, while Democratic lawmakers in Michigan, Maryland and Minnesota hike taxes high enough to push consumers back into the illicit market. <p>The post 90% of Americans Want Legal Weed. Lawmakers in Both Parties Keep Punishing Them for It. first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Case That Just Blocked Trump’s Press Ban Started With High Times’ Founder and a Pie Before he founded High Times, Tom Forçade threw a cheese pie at a member of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. The Secret Service cited the incident to deny him a White House press pass, and the case he brought with Nation correspondent Robert Sherrill, filed as Forcade v. Knight, became Sherrill v. Knight on appeal. This week a Trump-appointed judge relied on that precedent to order the White House to restore access for CNN,…

Thailand Advances Medical-Only Cannabis Bill as Adult-Use Era Fades Thailand is moving closer to putting its medical-only cannabis model into national law, with a new bill that would require licenses across the supply chain, restrict sales to medical and research purposes, and prohibit advertising and promotion. Thousands of existing dispensaries could continue operating until their current licenses expire, but many would then need to <p>The post Thailand Advances Medical-Only Cannabis Bill as Adult-Use Era Fades first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Best Flower I Got This Month Is Going Into the Freezer Without Being Smoked A Guava Tart from Purple City Genetics, grown by Most Wanted, arrived covered in trichomes and went straight into the freezer to be washed. The Cal Ripkin came as three separate products from three different operations. Two jars stayed jars. And Mark Greyshock of Greenshock Farms explains the thirty-plant hunt behind a single keeper. <p>The post The Best Flower I Got This Month Is Going Into the Freezer Without Being Smoked first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Generational Flip: Are Teens Ditching Weed While Seniors Are Using More? What the Latest US Data Shows Cannabis use among U.S. teens has fallen to record lows even as legalization has expanded, while use among adults 65 and older is moving in the opposite direction. New federal data and recent research suggest America’s cannabis demographics may be shifting in ways that challenge long-standing assumptions. <p>The post The Generational Flip: Are Teens Ditching Weed While Seniors Are Using More? What the Latest US Data Shows first appeared on High Times.</p>

This Company Wants to Sell the ‘World’s First’ CBD Pain Tablet. Its Own Trial Didn’t Beat a Placebo. An Australian company has filed for approval of a THC-free CBD tablet it calls a world first for chronic pain. Its chief executive told 7News the trial didn't outperform placebo. <p>The post This Company Wants to Sell the ‘World’s First’ CBD Pain Tablet. Its Own Trial Didn’t Beat a Placebo. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Ed Rosenthal Looks Back on 50 Years of Cannabis on the Good PizzZa Podcast The grower, author and longtime High Times columnist sat down for episode 200 of the Good PizzZa podcast and walked through his 2002 federal case, his work preserving landrace genetics in India, the disappearance of true skunk and what he thinks cannabis contests should be measuring. <p>The post Ed Rosenthal Looks Back on 50 Years of Cannabis on the Good PizzZa Podcast first appeared on High Times.</p>

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

‘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. <p>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…