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
Publisher’s Note
50 YEARS OF HIGH TIMES®
High Times AT 50
Dear High Times…
FROM THE VAULT
NO WING HIGH • "First of all, you gotta believe," the old guy said. He swore he could teach me how to fly, and staring at him across the last scotch of the evening I saw no reason to doubt him.
A historic memoir of America’s greatest existentialist kerouac
A Christmas Carol
I Wish I Had Invented Sex
This Man Is Seeing God and God says he smokes only the best. This Man is Bob Marley and he smokes with God.
Hunter Thompson • The good doctor tells all… about Carter, cocaine, adrenaline and the birth of Gonzo journalism
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL CHEECH & CHONG? OF COURSE // AUGUST, 1980
The Dalai Lama
THE PLANT AROUND THE WORLD
AFTER THE GREEN RUSH • HOW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’S SUN-GROWN CANNABIS FARMERS ARE RECALIBRATING AFTER LEGALIZATION STALLS AND REGULATORY SNAFUS
THE LAST MASTER OF ROLLING PAPER • MEET THE WOMAN WHOSE HANDS WORKED OVER 1 BILLION PAPER SHEETS
TREES GROW IN BROOKLYN • A HIGH TIMES VETERAN’S NO-TILL LIVING SOIL URBAN FARMING JOURNEY BEGINS ON A ROOFTOP IN NEW YORK CITY.
ROOFTOP CULTIVARS
BONANZA MARIMBERA IN COLOMBIA • HOSTS AND SPIRITS OF THE BONANZA MARIMBERA
THE TEMPLE OF THE PLANT • MOROCCO’S QUIET CANNABIS REVOLUTION
PLANT DIETA & MEDITATION • CANNABIS SPEAKS—IF WE LEARN TO LISTEN
CANNABIS IN EUROPE THROUGH THE CRYSTAL BALL
LIAM WESLEY GOODMAN INTERVIEW
HIGH TIMES IN VISION • Weed talks back through images. A flash, a frame, a swirl of ink and resin. Here’s the crew twisting the plant into new shapes, giving it faces, giving it stories. High, low, underground, loud: this is cannabis seen through their trip.
MATCA FILMS • From lifestyle shoots in Los Angeles to trichome stacking in European grow rooms, Matca’s photography explores cannabis in its many forms, always aiming to reflect the culture with authenticity and strength.
RAMIRO MORDCOVICH & UNIVERSAL GROWING
LELEN RUETE • Lelen Ruete is a Latin American photographer whose work blends fashion editorial flair with the raw beauty of cannabis. Through projects like Herbarium and Magia, and her ongoing work with The Rabbit Studio, she’s become one of the world’s leading cannabis visual storytellers. Her images celebrate the plant’s colors, textures, and spirit, destigmatizing cannabis while capturing its surreal, botanical elegance.
TALKING TERPS • SKIPPING STONED
TERPSHOTZ • TerpShotz is a project created in Italy in 2017 from the union of two big passions: cannabis and photography. Through this union, it tells the story of the plant, hoping to change the way people see it and help the world appreciate it with more respect and curiosity.
Boxes of Light
The Movie of Consciousness • On the Aesthetic Sovereignty of the Inner Screen
Now Is the Time to Embrace, Not Abandon, Cannabis Activism
Reader Letters