Blunts Are Bad for You, Stop Smoking Them
I admit it, I contributed to the blunt phenomenon when I worked at High Times in the '90s. But it's long overdue for cannabis consumers to reduce their tobacco use and get back to just smoking pot.
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Peter Gorman's Fantastic Tales: Mushrooms in India, Hash in Morocco, Beers in Peru
The adventures of former High Times editor Peter Gorman are chronicled in this quasi-memoir, "Magic Mushrooms in India and Other Fantastic Tales." Gorman's best known for his work in the Amazon, where he's spent the good part of the last three decades hunting for rare flora and learning from shaman.
Kal Penn ('Kumar') Apologizes for Stop-and-Frisk Comments in New Book
Known to stoners for the series of "Harold & Kumar" movies, Kal Penn has also worked at the White House. In his book "You Can't Be Serious," he regrets backing the controversial stop-and-frisk policing policy. Plus: Steve Bloom offers some personal memories of Penn.
Happy 50th Birthday to Snoop Dogg from CelebStoner
From the rap game to the weed game, Snoop Dogg wears a lot of hats and he's as busy as ever. Here are 10 current things you need to known about Snoop Dogg on his 50th birthday.
Madison Margolin Sounds Off on Mainstreaming of Cannabis and Psychedelics Cultures
"Cannabis culture today is by and large a shell of what it used to be in the '90s and before that in terms of characters and the fun in it and the people who were really devoted to the cause," says Double Blind co-founder Madison Margolin. "Now, it just feels like another consumer product."
Burning Woodstock: Why the 1999 Festival Turned Into a Violent Free-for-All
Garret Price's "Woodstock '99: Peace, Rage and Love" tells the story of that ill-fated event, one that would go down in history as the antithesis of the original 1969 hippie fest.
On Rita Marley's Birthday, Daughter Cedella Says, 'She Was Like Yoko'
Rita Marley's 75th Birthday Tribute Concert and Live Stream on July 25 celebrates the family matriarch. In a Rolling Stone interview, Cedella Marley reflects on how difficult it was for her mother after Bob's death in 1981
Not Nice: Sacha Baron Cohen Sues Cannabis Company
Sacha Baron Cohen is suing Solar Sustainable Cannabis in Massachusetts for using his likeness on a billboard. In 2002, Cohen appeared on the cover of High Times as Ali G.
Justice Thomas: Pot Prohibition No Longer 'Necessary or Proper'
The most conservative justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas, says federal cannabis prohibition "may no longer be necessary or proper." Thirty years ago I predicted something like this would happen.
Conan O'Brien and Cannabis: Late-Night Talk Show Host Goes Out With a Joint
Conan O'Brien ended his late-night run by smoking a joint courtesy of Seth Rogen. Fifteen years earlier, he gladly accepted a High Times Stony Awards bong.