The year 2025 saw something cannabis workers and users have been advocating, working for, and hoping to come to pass – rescheduling cannabis. It’s a big deal. Here’s what that will mean…probably. What’s the Schedule? The Controlled Substance Act is overseen by the Federal Drug Administration and Drug Enforcement Administration, and lists all controlled substances […]
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High Quality Highs
VITAE bongs elevate the game
As time passes, an inevitable assessment of the choices made in one’s younger years comes to pass. This review allows you to reflect and respond on the roads taken, both good and bad, with an eye toward doing a better job. For many, this involves partners, career choices, and things said or done while under […]
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Feds Kill Buzz: Hemp THC Goes Up In Smoke
The reopening of the Federal Government last month was a good thing, but the spending bill that allowed it to do so? Not so much, especially for those who produce, sell and consume hemp derived THC. Thanks to an effort to “close the Hemp loophole,” in just under a year, it’s going to be illegal. […]
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Ten years of high, but who’s counting?
The Cannabis ChatBot 3000 Edition
This year marks my 10th year of writing this column on cannabis and cannabis adjacent issues first for the Portland Mercury and Seattle Stranger, then for the Source Weekly. However, like many other creatives, I’ve been bombarded with numerous dire predictions, opinion pieces and alarming analysis that my job may soon be a thing of […]
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High Times Is Dead.
Long live High Times
In a time when the majority of information and entertainment is consumed through screen time and not the printed page, it can be difficult to express the importance that the lowly magazine once held. Not just Life, Time and other mainstream publications, but those written and published for niche interests such as music, skateboarding, and […]
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Weed News Roundup
Raids, rescheduling and undisclosed potency
GLASSHOUSE RAID – California’s cannabis producer Glasshouse found itself in the national spotlight when federal law enforcement agencies raided a production facility. On July 10, Drug Enforcement and ICE raided grow warehouses in Camarillo and Carpinteria, located in California’s Central Valley. Agents served immigration and naturalization warrants, resulting in 360 arrests, 14 children taken into custody, […]
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Weed News Roundup
Raids, rescheduling and undisclosed potency
GLASSHOUSE RAID – California’s cannabis producer Glasshouse found itself in the national spotlight when federal law enforcement agencies raided a production facility. On July 10, Drug Enforcement and ICE raided grow warehouses in Camarillo and Carpinteria, located in California’s Central Valley. Agents served immigration and naturalization warrants, resulting in 360 arrests, 14 children taken into […]
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I Want My Cannabis Social Lounge!
Tokers wish to be treated on par with users of alcohol
As Oregon hits the 10-year mark this month for its Adult Use cannabis program, the most frustrating aspect is where within Pacific Wonderland one may legally consume cannabis. The short answer is within your home, or front/back yard, provided you have a fence or other view blocking structures. This is to prevent those under the […]
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Texas THC in Turmoil
Proposed bill takes aim at hemp products
Texans who enjoy having access to legal THC may soon be SOL. As of this writing, a bill which would ban all hemp derived THC consumables was sent to Gov. Greg Abbott. As someone with a long history of enacting terrible legislation, it’s expected he will sign it. In doing so, he will eliminate a […]
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Tariff Trouble for Tokers
Will it cost more to get high?
The unprecedented increases in tariffs between the U.S. and, well, everyone, is already beginning to result in higher prices on a wide range of goods. Since no one is (legally) importing cannabis, that means those who consume it will be spared, right? For the domestically produced, regulated cannabis itself, expect to keep paying the same […]