Hip-hop artist Action Bronson was arrested for smoking weed at a music festival in Kosovo Saturday, according to media reports. Bronson was on stage performing at the Sunny Hill Festival over the weekend when he fired up a joint on stage. After taking a few hearty puffs, he shared his weed with his fans by flicking […]
Over a decade ago a tiny strain called The Lowryder quietly changed the world of cannabis cultivation, and nobody noticed. This tiny plant introduced autoflowering marijuana to the world, which flowers on its own, as opposed to traditional ‘photoperiod’ cannabis which only flowers when exposed 12-hours of darkness a day. The problem was The Lowryder […]
Photo by Javier Hasse. This article was originally published on Benzinga, and adapted exclusively for HIGH TIMES. You’ve probably heard this many times before: being in the cannabis business right now is mostly about compliance. It’s not hard to come up with an idea that could prove profitable, even in a short time; what’s hard is […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week, overturning Barack Obama‘s 2015 directive that barred local police agencies from receiving most forms of military equipment from the federal government. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the order in a speech to the Fraternal Order of Police, which led the campaign to reverse the Obama policy. […]
The post Do Federal Employees Actually Smoke Weed? appeared first on High Times. Cannabis is legal to possess in Washington, D.C., but do federal employees actually smoke weed? Weed was legalized recreationally in Washington, D.C., but retail sales are not allowed just yet. However, a headline reading, “federal employees in D.C. are buying loads of […]
Georgia has quietly become the next country to legalize cannabis use after action from the nation’s Constitutional Court on Monday. The court’s ruling was handed down in a lawsuit brought by political activists. The decision eliminates administrative penalties such as fines as punishment for the consumption of marijuana. However, the court’s ruling does not legalize cannabis […]
More and more pro athletes, representing the full range of pro sports leagues, are opening up about marijuana’s value as an important supplement to their physically demanding careers. Ultimately, these athletes are demonstrating that cannabis can be an aid to an active body rather than a detriment. But most admissions of this kind come in […]
When we look at the ways athletes use cannabis, one trend sticks: “stasis.” Most athletes want pluses from what they put in their bodies. But they know that sports cost lots of pain and time. Since they can only manage themselves, top performers crave relief after long training hours. They also need ways to relax […]
The post Satanic Music, Minorities and Sex: The Early Days of Prohibition appeared first on High Times. The early days of cannabis prohibition were nothing if not a whirlwind. Although certain states had already started to place restrictions on cannabis, it was nothing compared to the beginning of the nation-wide campaign against the plant. Largely […]
“Synthetic marijuana” is the catch-all term used to describe plant material dosed with some kind of chemical concoction, ingestion of which has some kind of psychoactive effect on the user. Vague? Absolutely. Potentially hazardous, a bad idea and a strong argument for legalization of actual marijuana? Right all around—but in the meantime, the market inefficiency […]