The New Rules of Shopping for Cannabinoids How cannabinoid combinations are formulated, what THC changes, and how to read the label and the lab report before you buy. <p>The post The New Rules of Shopping for Cannabinoids first appeared on High Times.</p>
Who Gets to Name a Weed Strain? Nobody. Everybody. There is no registry for strain names, no copyright and no authority to appeal to. James Loud, Jorge Cervantes, Kyle Kushman, Denise Yacar, Ramiro Gopar and Sergio Puerta explain who earns the right to name a plant, why the mother's name comes first, how Jack Herer got its name, and why reputation is the only enforcement mechanism the culture has ever had. <p>The post Who Gets to Name a Weed Strain? Nobody. Everybody. first appeared on High Times.</p>
The Industry Bet Against Bud. Flower Smokers Never Left. Grown Rogue CEO Obie Strickler argues cannabis leaders misread the market by predicting flower would lose its grip on regular consumers. <p>The post The Industry Bet Against Bud. Flower Smokers Never Left. first appeared on High Times.</p>
The Record That Decides Whether Weed Leaves Schedule I Just Needed 294 Corrections. A Few Reversed What Witnesses Said. A Tennessee investigator testified that cannabis shipments arrive with paperwork claiming legal levels of delta-9 THC, and the lab finds much higher. For six weeks the record said illegal. That was one of 294 corrections Judge Derek Julius ordered before the DEA published the full 2,533-page transcript. Most are clerical. A handful changed what a witness said, including one that had the direction of rescheduling backwards. <p>The post The Record That Decides…
The Future of Cannabis Tourism Starts on the Farm Cannabis farm visits can educate travelers, support small growers, and connect consumers with Northern California’s land, people, and history. <p>The post The Future of Cannabis Tourism Starts on the Farm first appeared on High Times.</p>
Weed Can’t Get Past 34%. The Labels Go to 42%. The System Rewards the Lie. Someone bought fifteen cannabis products off Denver shelves and sent them to a lab. Two came back legal. On average the labels claimed 34.2% more THC than the products held. A Spanish engineer who has spent sixteen years scanning flower explains why the incentive to inflate runs through every link in the chain, why California calculates that fixing it costs four times what consumers would gain, and what would actually break the loop. <p>The post Weed…
Dave Asprey Built Biohacking as a Trojan Horse for Higher Consciousness Dave Asprey talks psychedelics, plant intelligence, integration, surrender, and why biohacking was always a path toward higher consciousness. <p>The post Dave Asprey Built Biohacking as a Trojan Horse for Higher Consciousness first appeared on High Times.</p>
Sonoma County Sent Drones to Find Illegal Weed. Keni Meyer Lost Her Home Over Building-Code Violations Unrelated to Cannabis. Sonoma County launched its drone program in 2019 to find unpermitted cannabis grows. Keni Meyer lost her home over building codes and lives in a trailer park. Elias Stravenitis lost a $250,000 nursery and 20 jobs and is fighting a million-dollar fine. Jeremy Freitas, fully licensed, racked up $83,000 trying to comply. The county has paused the program while it negotiates with the ACLU. <p>The post Sonoma County Sent Drones to Find…
Did Tupac’s Friends Really Smoke His Ashes? The Full Story Behind the Legend Members of Outlawz have long claimed they mixed Tupac Shakur’s ashes with weed and smoked them after his death. Years later, Suge Knight offered a similar account, adding new details to one of hip-hop’s strangest legends. <p>The post Did Tupac’s Friends Really Smoke His Ashes? The Full Story Behind the Legend first appeared on High Times.</p>
Land of the Free? US Recorded More Than 200,000 Marijuana Possession Arrests in 2025 More than 200,000 people were arrested for marijuana possession in the US in 2025, accounting for nearly a quarter of all drug-related arrests nationwide. <p>The post Land of the Free? US Recorded More Than 200,000 Marijuana Possession Arrests in 2025 first appeared on High Times.</p>