High Times

High Times Magazine is the original voice of cannabis counterculture, blending activism, expert cultivation guides, and investigative journalism since 1974. Known as the "Magazine of High Society," the print edition has documented the fight against prohibition, showcased legendary growers, and hosted the world-famous Cannabis Cup competitions. It serves as a historical archive, celebrating the art, music, politics, and enduring struggle for legalization, ensuring the movement’s origins are never forgotten.

Editor’s Letter

High Times

CANNABIS CUP WINNERS SPOTLIGHT

THE TOWNHOUSE THAT SWITCHED SIDES • IN THE FORMER NAT SHERMAN TOWNHOUSE ON 42ND STREET, A SOCIAL EQUITY DISPENSARY RECLAIMED A LEGENDARY CIGAR SPACE—AND HELPED USHER THE CANNABIS CUP INTO NEW YORK.

THE STONYS 2026 • High Times Awards Honoring the People Who Moved Cannabis Forward in 2025

RICK ROSS DOESN’T WANT DISPENSARY WEED • He smokes in boardrooms, but he’s still on that underground frequency.

TOP 25 NUG SHOTS OF 2025

WE LEGALIZED WEED… SO WHY DOES IT STILL FEEL BROKEN? • VOICES AT CROSSROADS THE SPEAK

Tom Forçade Wanted Legitimacy • Inside the secretive, paranoid mind that created High Times.

How I Eared Tom’s Trust

THE GREEN CRYSTAL • INSIDE THE UNDERGROUND BIRTH OF A NEW PSYCHEDELIC MEDICINE

HEMP FLOWER ON A MALLORCA FARM · NOMA

INSIDE THE STONER GIRL’S PURSE • RITUALS, TOOLS, AND THE CULTURE WOMEN BUILT

A BRIEF-ISH HISTORY OF HANDBAGS

WELCOME TO THE ARCHEOLOGY OF THE STONER GIRL’S PURSE. • What’s in the Bag, Babe? High-Or-Die Essentials Only

Children of the Mountains: Chloe Sells On Drugs, Art and her Time With Hunter S. Thompson

AFTER HUNTER, THE DELUGE • LAYING A LITERARY LEGEND TO REST IN HIGH STYLE.

BRING ME THE HEAD OF RALPH STEADMAN • HUNTER S. THOMPSON’S DOPE ILLUSTRATOR DRAWS ATTENTION TO HIS FAVORITE PLANTS.

THE FUTURE LIVES IN THE SOIL • A LAND-ROOTED LOOK AT THE GROWERS RESHAPING CANNABIS THROUGH LIVING SOIL, ECOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE, AND REGENERATIVE CULTIVATION.

THE REGENERATIVE EXPERIMENT REWRITING CANNABIS CULTIVATION • IN COLORADO’S WESTERN SLOPE, A FAMILY-RUN GROW BLENDS NATURAL FARMING, LIVING SOIL BEDS, AND A FLOCK OF PEST-EATING DUCKS TO CULTIVATE CANNABIS-LIKE HEIRLOOM PRODUCE—RICH IN TERPENES, ROOTED IN NATURE, AND FREE OF CHEMICALS.

CONTINENT IN BLOOM

TENT - CHELLA 2025 • FULL CIRCLE PHOENIX RISING

Sacred Drugs • This is an excerpt from Sacred Drugs: How Psychoactive Substances Mix with Religious Life, Routledge, 2025.

Lawmakers in Red and Blue States Are Targeting Cannabis: It’s Time for Consumers and Advocates to Fight Back

Counterculture, PSYCHEDELIA and Hacking: How Drugs Built the Internet