Year in Review: The 12 Best Cannabis/Drug Books of 2023
It was a great year for counterculture and drug-related books – from Sean Howe's "Agents of Chaos" to Dr. Peter Grinspoon's "Seeing Through the Smoke." Here are 12 of them.
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Cary Grant on Acid: When the Hollywood Great Experimented with LSD in the 1950s
Cary Grant is the subject of in a new dramatic series about his life, "Archie." In the 1950s and '60s, the actor and his wife Betsy Drake used LSD and peyote therapeutically years before Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey proselytized about psychedelics.
Life In the Slow Lane: New York's Legal Cannabis Shops Struggle to Survive
New York's legal cannabis stores face relentless competition from illegal shops that outnumber them by the thousands. Growers showcases can help. But lack of business may eventually force licensed retailers to close.
Partying in Las Vegas: 23 MJBizCon Special Events in 2023
MJBizCon has become the SXSW of the cannabis industry. SXSW is famous for its many parties and now MJBizCon has a similarly long list of special events that coincides with the Vegas trade show from Nov. 28-Dec. 1.
'Welcome to Psilocybin' Excerpt: What to Know About Dosing and Microdosing Mushrooms
Whether you're microdosing or taking heroic amounts of magic mushrooms, there's plenty to learn in Seth Warner's new book, "Welcome to Psilocybin."
Snoop Dogg's 'Giving Up Smoke' Stunt Promotes Smokefree Firepit
Snoop Dogg's "giving up smoke" post on November 16 was just a ruse to promote the Solo Stove smokeless firepit.
Celebrities on Ayahuasca: André 3000, Jim Belushi, Chelsea Handler, Sting and More
OutKast's André 3000 is the latest celebrity to admit to using the South American hallucinogen ayahuasca. And there are 20 more!
Book Review: Malcolm MacKinnon's 'Pot Shots: The Journey of a High Times Photographer'
More than 300 photos are featured in this new book by former High Times editor-in-chief Malcolm MacKinnon.
Elvis and Priscilla Presley's Acid Trip Featured in New Biopic
Little-known fact about Elvis Presley: He once took LSD. In Sofia Coppola's "Priscilla," her new film about Presley's wife, there's a psychedelic scene during which the couple consumes sugar cubes dosed with liquid acid. It really happened.
NFL's C.J. Stroud: 'The Whole Criminal Justice System Is Corrupt'
The father of Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud is currently serving a 38 years to life sentence at Folsom State Prison in California due to a 2015 arrest and conviction. "I'm praying to God that something can happen, that he can get out and come to one of these games," says the rookie sensation.