There is a particular kind of clarity that comes only from packing everything you own into a small Ford Focus and heading west. It was a move born not of a grand plan, but of a singular, powerful purpose: to find my place and grow in the cannabis industry, an industry that had always felt…
The Rent is [Over] Due: The Shasta Cannabis Story Read More »
I still keep, in my phone’s notepad, the list of strains I smoked and the coffeeshops where I scored them—a personal archive of Amsterdam’s green bounty. I made that pilgrimage in April 2015, spending fifteen days on my own with one simple mission: hit as many coffeeshops as I could and, of course, do what…
How the Dutch Made Weed Global Without Legalizing It Read More »
As the Founder and CEO of RollPros, Loucks brought his background in medical devices, optics engineering, and VR hardware to cannabis manufacturing, challenging the long-held assumption that pre-roll automation required pre-made cones or would result in inconsistent, low-grade products. The result of that challenge? The Blackbird. RollPros’ flagship system uses proprietary TruRoll technology to replicate…
RollPros’ Kyle Loucks on Scaling Pre-Roll Production – Cannabis & Read More »
“We looked hard for that common ground and just never could find it. We just don’t see that we can get anything off the House floor.” By Alex Nguyen and Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune The Texas Legislature ended another legislative overtime round without banning or further regulating most THC products after a months-long fight…
Proposed Texas Ban On Hemp-Derived THC Dies As Lawmakers Fail Read More »
RFK talks psychedelics with CO gov; Poll: 2/3 of voters back legalizing marijuana; NE legalization initiative; DE’s “strong” 1st month cannabis sales Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible……
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Original publication: November 2004. 30 YEARS OF HIGH TIMES Joint Communiqué In the early 1970s, before the advent of High Times, I was living on a horse farm in Maine, supporting my writing habit by smuggling pot, when Rolling Stone assigned me to do a story on Rochdale College in Toronto. Rochdale had been conceived…
From The Vault: 30 YEARS OF HIGH TIMES (2004) Read More »
The era of noisy IPOs, debt-fueled expansion and corporate promises of dominance appears to be behind us. A quieter cannabis era is taking shape, defined by grounded projects and a return to the plant. In this High Times exclusive, we reveal one of them: a collective built around breeder recognition, born from late-night concerts and…
From OG Kush to Chem91: Inside the New Collective Reviving Read More »
I landed in Marrakesh after a five-hour flight from Stockholm. It’s late afternoon in October, the light was fading, the air calm, almost welcoming. That illusion lasted thirty seconds. I met Lahcen, our rental guy, grabbed the keys, and dove straight into one of the most chaotic traffic jams I’ve ever seen. I hadn’t driven…
In Search of Morocco’s Hashish Heritage Read More »
After I became a brand ambassador for the European seed company Blimburn earlier this year, I got comments asking why I wasn’t representing OG American breeders instead. My answer is that our cannabis community has never been about drawing lines in the sand or limiting innovation to a single country. It has always thrived on…
Cannabis Has No Borders: How Smugglers, Breeders And Activists Built Read More »
This weekend, Brazil hosts its pioneering cannabis fair: the 9th Expo Head Grow. What began in 2017 as a modest gathering of headshops in Campinas has grown into one of Latin America’s most important cannabis events. Now, with Brazil navigating a new era of reform, the expo returns on August 23–24 at São Paulo’s Neo…
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