A Single Cannabis Offense No Longer Disqualifies You From Joining the Army: Why Now? The U.S. Army announced that, starting April 20, 2026 individuals with a single conviction for cannabis possession or drug paraphernalia will be able to enlist without a waiver. <p>The post A Single Cannabis Offense No Longer Disqualifies You From Joining the Army: Why Now? first appeared on High Times.</p>

Iceland Is Too Smart for Lazy Cannabis Panic: Inside the Hemp4Future Conference Policy experts and global researchers break down the data, the myths and the next steps for a country on the edge of reform. <p>The post Iceland Is Too Smart for Lazy Cannabis Panic: Inside the Hemp4Future Conference first appeared on High Times.</p>

Bam Margera: ‘Weed Does Not Lead To Other Drugs. It Leads To Fucking Carpentry.’ In an exclusive High Times interview, the Jackass icon and his wife Dannii Marie talk recovery, sleep, bad trips, psychedelic ceremonies and why their new brand feels less like a launch and more like a life. <p>The post Bam Margera: ‘Weed Does Not Lead To Other Drugs. It Leads To Fucking Carpentry.’ first appeared on High Times.</p>

Newly-Formed Latino Cannabis Alliance Wants Power, Not Symbolism Launching March 31, the new national coalition says Latino communities have spent years shaping cannabis reform while being sidelined in the rooms where policy, capital and power move. Its leaders say the mission is bigger than visibility: build organized influence at the intersection of cannabis, immigration and drug policy. <p>The post Newly-Formed Latino Cannabis Alliance Wants Power, Not Symbolism first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Vape I Reach For Daily: Universal Baller Review After testing 500+ vaporizers, one stands above the rest. A deep look at the Universal Baller and why it’s my daily driver. <p>The post The Vape I Reach For Daily: Universal Baller Review first appeared on High Times.</p>

Meet Hypno Seeds: Art, Genetics, and a New Cannabis Wave Hypno Seeds blends cannabis genetics, global art, and modern culture—positioning itself at the intersection of creativity and cultivation. <p>The post Meet Hypno Seeds: Art, Genetics, and a New Cannabis Wave first appeared on High Times.</p>

‘Cannabis Is an Act of Rebellion’: Latin Superstar Farruko on Weed, Healing and Fighting the System The Puerto Rican hitmaker says cannabis is bigger than business, framing the plant as medicine, resistance, and a way to challenge the machine that taught people to fear it. <p>The post ‘Cannabis Is an Act of Rebellion’: Latin Superstar Farruko on Weed, Healing and Fighting the System first appeared on High Times.</p>

Not Every Weed Vaper Wants A Battery Vapman and Lotus are betting there’s still room for flame, ritual, and manual control in a category dominated by chargers and buttons. <p>The post Not Every Weed Vaper Wants A Battery first appeared on High Times.</p>

Are Social Media Platforms Designed to Be Addictive? Courts Say ‘Yes’ and Order Meta and YouTube to Pay Millions Since 2010, data show a steady rise in suicide rates and anxiety among young people.It’s hard to ignore that this timeline aligns closely with the social media boom, especially the emergence of Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg created the Facebook in 2004, likely without anticipating the massive popularity it would achieve in the years to come, or <p>The post Are Social Media Platforms Designed to Be Addictive? Courts Say ‘Yes’ and Order Meta and…

Trippin’ With The Ganja Traveler: Trinity County, the Emerald Triangle’s Best-Kept Secret The first installment of a new High Times x Beard Bros x Ganja Traveler series heads to Trinity County, the overlooked edge of the Emerald Triangle where cannabis still feels rooted in land, culture, and connoisseur craft. <p>The post Trippin’ With The Ganja Traveler: Trinity County, the Emerald Triangle’s Best-Kept Secret first appeared on High Times.</p>

Cannabis Has Never Respected My Emotional Boundaries, and Honestly, Thank God Cannabis doesn’t knock. It opens doors, loosens guards, and drags feelings into the light—whether you asked for it or not. <p>The post Cannabis Has Never Respected My Emotional Boundaries, and Honestly, Thank God first appeared on High Times.</p>

[Watch] High Times’ New Travel Series Goes From Mallorca’s Underground To Portugal’s Cannabis Boom Produced with Matca Films, the new High Times Travel Series opens with two very different stops: a discreet cannabis club culture shaped by island rhythm and neighborhood respect in Mallorca, and a fast-growing medical cannabis infrastructure boom just outside Lisbon. <p>The post [Watch] High Times’ New Travel Series Goes From Mallorca’s Underground To Portugal’s Cannabis Boom first appeared on High Times.</p>

A Psychedelic Jewish Experience Artist Steve Marcus fuses Jewish identity with cannabis and psychedelics in Psychedelicatessen, a bold exhibition redefining cultural boundaries. <p>The post A Psychedelic Jewish Experience first appeared on High Times.</p>

The War On Texas Cannabis Just Got Its Own High Times Docuseries: Watch It Here Directed by JT Barnett, the new High Times series Texas Cannabis Chronicles opens inside one of the fastest-moving and most politically contested cannabis markets in America, where farmers, veterans, patients and small operators are bracing for a crackdown they say could wipe out an entire industry. <p>The post The War On Texas Cannabis Just Got Its Own High Times Docuseries: Watch It Here first appeared on High Times.</p>

Colorado Tried To Ban Intoxicating Hemp. It Still Made Its Way Into Legal Weed A new ProPublica investigation found that Colorado banned chemically converted intoxicating hemp on paper, but weak testing rules, enforcement gaps and industry carve-outs helped questionable products keep reaching consumers through the country’s oldest legal marijuana market. <p>The post Colorado Tried To Ban Intoxicating Hemp. It Still Made Its Way Into Legal Weed first appeared on High Times.</p>

High Times’ New Cannabis Docuseries Is Following The World Cup Into The Streets A new series, Kicking Back, aims to explore the 2026 World Cup host cities through community, cannabis and the people who make both cultures matter. <p>The post High Times’ New Cannabis Docuseries Is Following The World Cup Into The Streets first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Last Garden: Maine’s Medical Cannabis Program Under Siege Maine built one of the most vibrant, patient-driven medical cannabis markets in America. Now a contamination panic, a powerful tracking company and a regulatory crackdown threaten to squeeze it into something else entirely. <p>The post The Last Garden: Maine’s Medical Cannabis Program Under Siege first appeared on High Times.</p>

Big Alcohol’s Push to Save Hemp THC Drinks Comes With a Catch As a federal ban nears, alcohol industry power players are pushing to keep hemp THC beverages alive by bringing them under their own regulatory system. <p>The post Big Alcohol’s Push to Save Hemp THC Drinks Comes With a Catch first appeared on High Times.</p>

Before the Jury Sided With Afroman, the Crowd Already Had On a run of 2025 California dates, Afroman was already turning “Lemon Pound Cake,” weed-leaf guitar theatrics, and full-contact fan energy into something bigger than a nostalgia act. Afroman’s court win may have pushed him back into the headlines, but the road was already telling part of that story. Before a jury sided with the <p>The post Before the Jury Sided With Afroman, the Crowd Already Had first appeared on High Times.</p>

Legal Weed May Bounce Back In 2026. Small Operators Might Not Whitney Economics projects legal cannabis sales will resume growing in 2026 after a rough 2025. But falling prices, weaker state performance and a more mature market raise a harder question for consumers and small operators alike: what kind of industry is this growth actually building? <p>The post Legal Weed May Bounce Back In 2026. Small Operators Might Not first appeared on High Times.</p>

He May Be the Only American Sent to Prison for the Pot Tax In this first-person commentary, Ryan Richmond argues that after marijuana charges failed, federal authorities turned to tax law—specifically Section 280E—to win the conviction that sent him to prison. <p>The post He May Be the Only American Sent to Prison for the Pot Tax first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Cannabis Industry Moved On. Frank Rogers Is Still in Prison Legalization made room for brands, tax revenue, and respectability. For Frank Rogers, still serving time on a federal marijuana conspiracy case, it still hasn’t made room for freedom. <p>The post The Cannabis Industry Moved On. Frank Rogers Is Still in Prison first appeared on High Times.</p>

Too $hort, Vic Mensa And More Pull Up For Season 2 Of ‘Spitfire With Shirley Ju’ After pulling stories out of names like Snoop Dogg and The Game in season one, Spitfire with Shirley Ju returns in April with Too $hort, Vic Mensa, Slug, Shordie Shordie and more. <p>The post Too $hort, Vic Mensa And More Pull Up For Season 2 Of ‘Spitfire With Shirley Ju’ first appeared on High Times.</p>

Meet the 19 Experts the UN Chose to Help Shape the Future of Drug Policy The Commission on Narcotic Drugs’ new 19-member expert panel will help inform the UN’s 2029 global drug policy review, with potential consequences for cannabis regulation, harm reduction, treaty flexibility, and criminal justice reform worldwide. <p>The post Meet the 19 Experts the UN Chose to Help Shape the Future of Drug Policy first appeared on High Times.</p>

Japan Cracks Down on CBN: The End of a Cannabis ‘Gray Area’ Japan moves to ban CBN, closing a legal gray area for cannabis derivatives. The decision reshapes access, markets, and regulation in restrictive environments. <p>The post Japan Cracks Down on CBN: The End of a Cannabis ‘Gray Area’ first appeared on High Times.</p>

Ohio, Texas And South Carolina Are All Tightening Hemp Rules, Just Not The Same Way Ohio’s new law is now in effect. South Carolina’s Senate chose a narrow regulate-it-don’t-ban-it model. Texas is about to wipe smokable hemp off shelves while squeezing the rest with tougher rules and fees. Same plant, same loophole, three very different state responses. <p>The post Ohio, Texas And South Carolina Are All Tightening Hemp Rules, Just Not The Same Way first appeared on High Times.</p>

Art Can Get You High. No Drugs Required. From music and movies to video games and porn, creators and psychologists explain why some cultural experiences hit your nervous system like a substance. <p>The post Art Can Get You High. No Drugs Required. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Not Late, Just Arriving: Women Over 60 Are Finding Their Place in Cannabis Two women in their 60s discover cannabis entrepreneurship and a growing network of women shaping the industry and supporting new consumers. <p>The post Not Late, Just Arriving: Women Over 60 Are Finding Their Place in Cannabis first appeared on High Times.</p>

Afroman Beat the Cops in Court After Turning Their Raid Into a Viral Hit After seven Ohio deputies sued over the viral raid-footage videos that made Afroman an unlikely free-speech folk hero, a jury handed the rapper the sweetest win of all. <p>The post Afroman Beat the Cops in Court After Turning Their Raid Into a Viral Hit first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Dark Crystal, Altered States, and the Responsibility Side of the Trip What The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance reveals about altered states, accountability, and the responsibility side of psychedelic culture. <p>The post The Dark Crystal, Altered States, and the Responsibility Side of the Trip first appeared on High Times.</p>

Five Years In: What New York Cannabis Got Wrong—and What’s Finally Going Right Five years after legalization, a Housing Works executive reflects on New York’s cannabis rollout, the challenges operators faced, and what’s finally improving. <p>The post Five Years In: What New York Cannabis Got Wrong—and What’s Finally Going Right first appeared on High Times.</p>

San Francisco’s Weed Week Is Back: SF Space Walk Returns This April Running April 14 through April 20, SF Space Walk 2026 brings growers, lounges, new flower releases and citywide cannabis culture back into focus, with a month of related programming beginning April 3. <p>The post San Francisco’s Weed Week Is Back: SF Space Walk Returns This April first appeared on High Times.</p>

Even the DEA Says Teen Weed Use Is Down. WSJ Still Ties Teen Access to Legalization. Why Ignore the Data? WSJ keeps linking teen cannabis access and risk to legalization, but national data and recent studies do not show a youth-use surge. <p>The post Even the DEA Says Teen Weed Use Is Down. WSJ Still Ties Teen Access to Legalization. Why Ignore the Data? first appeared on High Times.</p>

Less MDMA, More Cocaine and Ketamine: Wastewater Data Reveals Shifts in Drug Use in Europe Wastewater data from across Europe reveals shifting drug use trends, with rising cocaine and ketamine levels and declining MDMA consumption. <p>The post Less MDMA, More Cocaine and Ketamine: Wastewater Data Reveals Shifts in Drug Use in Europe first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Rolling Paper King You’ve Never Heard Of Beat Zig-Zag to the Pop-Up Booklet Long before modern brands existed, a Sephardic merchant built a rolling-paper empire that stretched across Europe. His name faded, but his influence shaped how generations smoked, played, and lived. <p>The post The Rolling Paper King You’ve Never Heard Of Beat Zig-Zag to the Pop-Up Booklet first appeared on High Times.</p>

How Little Beach Harvest Is Building Tribal Cannabis Power on Long Island Inside how Little Beach Harvest is using cannabis to build tribal sovereignty, community space, and a new retail model on Shinnecock territory. <p>The post How Little Beach Harvest Is Building Tribal Cannabis Power on Long Island first appeared on High Times.</p>

Steve DeAngelo Talks Smuggling Weed And Why Legalization Still Isn’t Working In Jerry Chu’s New Podcast Video The first episode of Jerry Chu’s new long-form video podcast, produced with En Volá and distributed through High Times’ YouTube channel, opens with Steve DeAngelo on legacy cannabis, corporate drift, hemp wars and the legalization fight he says the industry still hasn’t finished. <p>The post Steve DeAngelo Talks Smuggling Weed And Why Legalization Still Isn’t Working In Jerry Chu’s New Podcast Video first appeared on High Times.</p>

AEW’s Marina Shafir Hits Hard, Smokes Weed, and Would Rather Talk About Family The AEW star gets candid about loss, love, life on the road, and the role cannabis has played in helping her stay grounded through it all. <p>The post AEW’s Marina Shafir Hits Hard, Smokes Weed, and Would Rather Talk About Family first appeared on High Times.</p>

Marijuana Reform Isn’t This White House’s Drug Policy Priority Sara Carter, the former investigative journalist and Fox News contributor now serving as White House drug czar, has spent her early months emphasizing fentanyl, trafficking and addiction, not marijuana reform. Cannabis may still move through federal channels, but it is clearly not the part of drug policy this White House wants to lead with. <p>The post Marijuana Reform Isn’t This White House’s Drug Policy Priority first appeared on High Times.</p>

Cannabis Can Cost You Your Visa: Immigration Risks for Non-Citizens in the United States For non-U.S. citizens residing in the country, the consequences of cannabis use can be severe and even lead to deportation. Here's what you need to know. <p>The post Cannabis Can Cost You Your Visa: Immigration Risks for Non-Citizens in the United States first appeared on High Times.</p>

Is Weed ‘More Immoral’ than Abortion? Global Survey Ranks ‘Acceptable’ Behaviors A new survey conducted by Pew Research examined what is considered "morally acceptable" in 25 countries. Even though worldwide cannabis was largely considered unacceptable, that was not the case in the US. <p>The post Is Weed ‘More Immoral’ than Abortion? Global Survey Ranks ‘Acceptable’ Behaviors first appeared on High Times.</p>

The FDA Is Done Ignoring CBD. Its Free Ride May Be Over After years of warning letters, shrugs and legal gray fog, the agency has quietly pushed a CBD compliance and enforcement policy into White House review. That matters. So does what we still don’t know. <p>The post The FDA Is Done Ignoring CBD. Its Free Ride May Be Over first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Future of Cannabis Seeds: A Journey Back to the Roots Cannabis genetics shape the future of the industry. From legendary strains to modern pheno-hunting, seeds remain the foundation of cannabis culture. <p>The post The Future of Cannabis Seeds: A Journey Back to the Roots first appeared on High Times.</p>

Weed at the Oscars: Luxury Cannabis, Cosmetic Surgeries and Prenups Inside the Nominees’ $350K Goodie Bags Oscar nominees received luxury gift bags worth $350K featuring trips, cosmetic procedures and premium cannabis products. Here's what was inside the Oscars goodie bag. <p>The post Weed at the Oscars: Luxury Cannabis, Cosmetic Surgeries and Prenups Inside the Nominees’ $350K Goodie Bags first appeared on High Times.</p>

Two Economies, One Plant: South Africa’s Cannabis Divide In rural South Africa, traditional cannabis growers face raids while licensed export farms expand. Two economies, one plant. <p>The post Two Economies, One Plant: South Africa’s Cannabis Divide first appeared on High Times.</p>

Anti-Cannabis Group SAM Says New York Weed Is Failing. The Data Says Otherwise. SAM’s latest critique of legalization raises real policy questions, but several of its strongest claims overstate what the current evidence can actually show. <p>The post Anti-Cannabis Group SAM Says New York Weed Is Failing. The Data Says Otherwise. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Alaskan Thunderfuck, We Hardly Knew Ye A trip through the weed culture of the 80’s and 90’s and what it meant to chase a high, stay high, and finally reach the promised land. <p>The post Alaskan Thunderfuck, We Hardly Knew Ye first appeared on High Times.</p>

Growing to Wash: Why “Washers” Are Changing Cannabis Growing to wash isn’t about bag appeal or flower yield. It’s about resin behavior, hash returns, and why “washers” are reshaping cannabis genetics. <p>The post Growing to Wash: Why “Washers” Are Changing Cannabis first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Caribbean’s Cannabis Domino Effect Has a British Tripwire Grenada’s reform is building regional momentum, but Bermuda’s path runs straight into a UK veto, and the clash reveals where Caribbean legalization spreads, and where it stalls. <p>The post The Caribbean’s Cannabis Domino Effect Has a British Tripwire first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Long Game: Inside Rare Cannabinoid Company’s Bet on the Future of Cannabinoids Inside the story of Rare Cannabinoid Company and how two Hawaii founders saw the future of cannabinoids before most of the industry caught on. <p>The post The Long Game: Inside Rare Cannabinoid Company’s Bet on the Future of Cannabinoids first appeared on High Times.</p>

A Rare South American Cannabis Power Move Is Taking Shape In Argentina Flowers & Terps and Universal Growing are joining forces in a move that blends flower credibility, cultivation culture, infrastructure and global ambition, an uncommon kind of partnership in South America’s cannabis industry. <p>The post A Rare South American Cannabis Power Move Is Taking Shape In Argentina first appeared on High Times.</p>

The Best Rolling Papers on Earth, According to High Times Readers We asked our readers one simple question: who makes the best rolling paper in the world? The replies came fast, the gap was huge, and the takeaway was clear: “best” is about feel, burn, and trust, not hype. <p>The post The Best Rolling Papers on Earth, According to High Times Readers first appeared on High Times.</p>

Colombian President Says ‘Weed Was for Protest, Cocaine Is the Drug of Capital’ Colombian President Gustavo Petro appeared before the UN, where he firmly criticized outdated anti-drug policies (such as cannabis prohibition) and proposed alternatives to state violence. <p>The post Colombian President Says ‘Weed Was for Protest, Cocaine Is the Drug of Capital’ first appeared on High Times.</p>

Before Weed Learned To Fake Female Empowerment, Harlee Case Made It Real. Now She’s Giving It A Soundtrack. Before New Constellations started turning heads with dreamy synth-pop and soft-focus heat, Harlee Case was already building a different kind of scene in Portland: femme, weird, welcoming, and very, very stoned. <p>The post Before Weed Learned To Fake Female Empowerment, Harlee Case Made It Real. Now She’s Giving It A Soundtrack. first appeared on High Times.</p>

New High Times Documentary Explores the Blunt’s Next Chapter In High Times’ new documentary on Rove, one of cannabis culture’s most enduring rituals gets rebuilt through craft, consistency and modern product design. <p>The post New High Times Documentary Explores the Blunt’s Next Chapter first appeared on High Times.</p>

Censored Everywhere, Cinematic Anyway: The New Weed Ad Playbook The best weed ads don’t feel like ads anymore. They feel like content built to survive the algorithm and earn the repost. <p>The post Censored Everywhere, Cinematic Anyway: The New Weed Ad Playbook first appeared on High Times.</p>

I Was a Cop Who Enforced Marijuana Laws. Now I’m Speaking Out. A former Virginia cop reflects on enforcing marijuana laws, racial disparities, and the guilt that followed legalization. <p>The post I Was a Cop Who Enforced Marijuana Laws. Now I’m Speaking Out. first appeared on High Times.</p>

They Took His Weed. The Court Said They Couldn’t. Now His Own Tribe Won’t Give It Back. A Minnesota appeals court just ruled the state had no jurisdiction to prosecute an Ojibwe man for cannabis on his own reservation. The decision draws on 40 years of sovereignty law. But the case’s most uncomfortable question isn’t about the state—it’s about the tribe. <p>The post They Took His Weed. The Court Said They Couldn’t. Now His Own Tribe Won’t Give It Back. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Virginia Lawmakers Passed A Bill To Free Weed Prisoners. Now It’s Up To The Governor. Virginia lawmakers have sent a marijuana resentencing bill to Gov. Abigail Spanberger, opening a path for people still incarcerated or under supervision for old cannabis convictions to get back in court. <p>The post Virginia Lawmakers Passed A Bill To Free Weed Prisoners. Now It’s Up To The Governor. first appeared on High Times.</p>

Superstar-Owned Soccer Club Fined… Because the Stadium Smelled Like Weed A first-division soccer club in Portugal owned by Vinivius JR. made headlines this weekend after being fined because of a strong weed smell coming from the stands. <p>The post Superstar-Owned Soccer Club Fined… Because the Stadium Smelled Like Weed first appeared on High Times.</p>