Desert Dazed and Confused 2018

With Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’, it’s hard to know where to start. Not only does this singer/actor/writer, born Donald Glover, cover poignant realities, but it juxtaposes them with uplifting music and dance—to great effect. Here’s a closer look at the song and accompanying video that’s forcing America to look inwards. Childish Gambino / Donald…

The post Afghanistan Opium Production Hits New Record—Again appeared first on High Times. The latest stats from the UN’s annual Afghanistan Opium Survey are in, and the news is grim. Opium production in the war-torn country jumped nearly 87 percent in 2017, to record levels—an estimated 9,000 metric tons (9,921 U.S. tons). Areas under poppy cultivation…

BY KATIE O’CONNER RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A picture in VCU Health’s ambulatory center downtown looks, from a distance, like a tree. “But if you get closer,” said Dr. A. Omar Abubaker, “you see it’s actually a collection of faces and images. To me, the opioid epidemic, both to clinicians and to the…

The post Kentucky Senator Introduces Bill To Legalize Weed appeared first on High Times. A Kentucky Senator just introduced a new bill to legalize weed in the state. The move has sparked an active conversation among Kentucky lawmakers and could open the way for the state to adopt new cannabis laws. But what are the…