50 Years After “Legalize It,” the Fight Isn’t Over
How Niambe McIntosh Is Defending Her Father’s Work The song opens patiently, almost sweetly, with a voice that has decided not to […]
Category: Culture
This Cult Book Mixed Race, Weed and American Chaos Long Before the Culture Caught Up. Now It’s Back
First published by Random House in 2003, Ghetto Celebrity is not a standard memoir and never really tried to be. Donnell Alexander […]
A Psychedelic Jewish Experience
Steve Marcus creates art at the intersection of cannabis culture and counterculture to take Jewish art to new heights. Jews have been […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Dark Crystal, Altered States, and the Responsibility Side of the Trip
When Jim Henson released The Dark Crystal in 1982, audiences didn’t quite know what to do with it. Best known as the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Alaskan Thunderfuck, We Hardly Knew Ye
My courageous struggle to stay high through the marijuana dark ages of the ‘80s and ‘90s. If you’re not listening to vinyl, […]
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. […]