Rat poison-laced synthetic weed has spread to Florida, and at least one man has died from exposure to the toxin. Florida is now the eighth state reporting cases of medical emergencies caused by tainted synthetic cannabis. According to the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner, Carlos Pimentel-Bonano, 37, died on March 26. When the medical examiner performed an autopsy, […]
The post Why The Pot Veto In Maine Causes More Problems Than It Solves appeared first on High Times. At the last possible moment on Friday, November 3, Maine’s Governor Paul LePage vetoed the state’s adult use cannabis bill. Lawmakers had been working on the bill—which would have taxed and regulated the recreational cannabis market […]
The post Peru: Medical Marijuana Bill Signed Into Law appeared first on High Times. Last week, Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski signed a bill to legalize the use of cannabis products and derivatives to treat medical conditions such as cancer and epilepsy. PPK, as the president is popularly known, hailed the law as opening a new chapter in […]
The post Police Discover Nine Pounds of Fentanyl Hidden in Raw Fish appeared first on High Times. Earlier this month, the New York Police Department made a huge bust. They found nearly nine pounds of the deadly narcotic known as fentanyl hidden in raw fish. The discovery was made in the Bronx and an arrest […]
The post Shopify To Run Recreational Weed Sales appeared first on High Times. Canada has been working on creating the legal framework for controlling the possession, production, sale and distribution of cannabis. Retailing will be different in each province. Recently, the local government of Ontario announced a partnership with Shopify for legal weed sales. The […]
Cannabis tourism is already big business in U.S. states where weed is legal for adults. And in Canada, which on October 17 became the first G7 nation and just the second country in the world to legalize adult-use cannabis, officials expect the opening of retail markets to attract a slew of new visitors eager to […]
The post Darfur: Cannabis Cover For Counterinsurgency? appeared first on High Times. Sudan’s conflicted western region of Darfur has receded from the headlines since the wave of global concern about the genocide there a decade ago. But horrific violence in the stark desert region continues—and there are signs that Sudan’s regime is resorting to the tried-and-true tactic of using […]
The post Marijuana Could Help HIV Patients Maintain Mental Stamina appeared first on High Times. Medical marijuana could be beneficial in helping HIV patients maintain their mental stamina, according to a new study. Researchers at Michigan State University recently published a paper in the journal AIDS, which points to tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, being a magical […]
Hello, Nico! Thanks for all the great grow articles; I’ve learned so much about marijuana from HIGH TIMES over the years! I am wondering if it is too late for me to grow a plant or two outside this summer and get a harvest come Autumn? I have a back deck that gets sunlight most […]
In the month of March alone, nearly two dozen people have wound up in Illinois hospitals bleeding severely from their eyes, ears and open wounds. They weren’t involved in accidents or the victims of violent assaults. And no, they weren’t infected by some flesh-eating virus. Instead, these people were hospitalized after using “Spice,” a drug […]