We didn’t launch anything. We reopened and began publishing again.
And it was clear pretty quickly that the thing worked. People show up when the doors are opened and the work is done. Writers. Readers. Artists. Growers. Longtime supporters and people discovering
High Times
for the first time.Consider this a mid-flight check-in. You can see what we have been up to. Submissions, pitches, ideas, drafts. Some were from old voices and some were from newcomers. The goal was transparency. Letting the work come in, reading everything, and publishing what felt honest and worth sharing.Since reopening, High Times has published
more than 500 articles
from
over 100 contributors
.
That includes reporting, interviews, essays, cultural pieces, and commentary. Since reopening, High Times has published more than 500 articles from over 100 contributors.
This includes reporting, interviews and Some are short. Some deeply researched. Some personal. It wasn’t about uniformity. We also brought back the concept of a daily digital cover story
and treated the homepage as a front-page again. It was not necessary to have breaking news every day. Sometimes context was important. Some days reflection. It gave the site a pulse again. Print: Back where it belongsThe return to print was one of most significant moments of the past year. The 50th Anniversary Issue
wasn’t built as a nostalgia project. The voices of the past are paired with new voices. Archive alongside the original reporting. A magazine meant to be held, not skimmed.
Thousands of copies went directly to readers, without a retail push or ad campaign. This alone says a lot.
Print will remain central to our work. You can get a full-year subscription here. You can get a full-year subscription here.
If there’s one thing that defined these past months, it’s participation.Over 1,000 people applied
for Editor-in-Kief
280+ joined our growing Contributor NetworkMore than
200 people sent us their Nug Shots
- That kind of response only happens when people feel invited in.Nug Shots, in particular, became something special. People kept sending in images of cannabis, even when social media platforms restricted them. That alone says a lot.You can see the full gallery here:
- Video, Audio, and VoiceThis year also marked the beginning of a broader High Times media presence.
- We launched and developed:The High Times Podcast with Josh Kesselman
Outlaw Stories with Holly Crawford
House of Haze with Javier Hasse
Rapper interviews with Shirley Ju
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, including
and
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Some of it is still evolving. This is all part of the process. It’s about voice first. It’s about voice first.More is coming, and it’s coming organically.The Reality of Publishing Cannabis in 2025It’s impossible to talk about this year without acknowledging the constraints.Cannabis content is still heavily restricted online. The posts are throttled. Accounts get flagged. Entire topics are quietly suppressed.
Cannabis Cup: Building It Back the Right Way
This year also marked the return of the
, with an emphasis on doing it carefully and with integrity.
1,500 judge kits sold
32 retailers involved
55 participating brands
Most kits sold out within 48-72 hours
The goal isn’t scale for scale’s sake. It’s rebuilding trust and making sure the Cup reflects the culture it came from.
The next stop: Cannabis Cup.
- Digital Zine / Email
- Alongside the site, we brought back the weekly email. Subscribe here. Subscribe here. No algorithms. No noise. Just a direct line to the work.
- Merch
- We quietly brought the shop back online.
A small merch run. The anniversary issue. Limited drops.
Nothing mass-produced. Just extensions of the culture.New York, February 20262026 will bring weekly drops!
GROBOT
We also launched GROBOT, an AI-powered grow assistant built to Just extensions of the culture.
2026 will bring weekly drops!
GROBOT
We also launched GROBOT, an AI-powered grow assistant built to answer real cultivation questions, not sell products.
Thousands of conversations later, it’s become one of the most used things on the site — mostly by new growers looking for straightforward answers.
It’s still evolving, but the idea is simple: useful tools should be accessible, not hidden behind paywalls or hype.
Some of The Hottest Stories
A few of the pieces that defined the past five and a half months:
Are You Smoking Gas… or Gas Gas? Inside the Hydrocarbons that Built BHO
After The Green Rush: Sungrown Holdouts in Northern California
Is A MAGA-Aligned think tank Using Inside the Existential Hangover of the Post-Rager Crash
Opinion: Cannabis Is a Nutraceutical, Not a Pharmaceutical — and Why Descheduling Remains the Only Real Path Forward
What Do Stoner Girls Carry in Their Purse? We’re Here, We’re Hot, We’re High AF
A 12-Year-Old Stoner in Reagan’s ‘Just Say No’ America
Trump Signs Shutdown Deal To Recriminalize Hemp, Starting A One-Year Race To Rewrite The Rules
Trees Grow in Brooklyn: A Rooftop Cannabis Garden Grown in Living Soil
Narco-Terror or Political Theater? Inside the U.S. War on Boats off Venezuela and Colombia
Unexpected Pleasures of Weed: The Strain That Turned My Husband Into a Clean Freak
Chaos in a Jar: Field-Testing Flower for Hash
High Times Strains Of The Month: October 2025
Here’s How Much Your Old ‘High Times’ Issues May Be Worth
Why You Shouldn’t Trust the Anti-Weed Lobby Smart Approaches to Marijuana
Puerto Rican Superstar Jon Z: ‘I’m Explosive… Cannabis Helps Me Relax and Think Things Through’
Is Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome Real? This is What We Mean by ‘Legalize it’
Debunking the Pot Potency Hysteria – The Truth about ‘Super Strong’ Weed010010 Why Schedule III Could Be Worse Than Standing Still on Cannabis Reform
Cannabis Clubs vs. Gentrification: When Tourists Take Over Barcelona
10 Hard Truths Every Cannabis Breeder Learns
Falling Cannabis Prices Are A Boon For Consumers
Freedom Fighter Of The Month: Jason Washington’s Courageous Stand Against The Feds
Thailand Shrugs At Re-Prohibition: A Weed Critic’s Travel Diary
Long Flowering, Long Forgotten: Why Preserving Diversity Is The Future of Cannabis
Want Clean, Safe Cannabis? Home Grow and Legal Access Is The Answer
Wall Street who? Cannabis Carves its Own Path without Big Finance
High Times was the most influential publication of my life
Nothing made me trip harder than my HIV pills
Is Cannabis Legal If You Can’t Grow Your Weed
Why we’re doing this
High Times is not just a media company.
It has always been a space for ideas, arguments and art. It’s also a place to share information, humor and resistance It was a place where people could express themselves without having to be sanitized. For the conversations. We are grateful for the people who have shown up.
