Innehållsförteckning för July 2021 från High Times

BLASTING BIG PHARMA Producer and director Brendan Fitzgerald’s recently released documentary, The Oxy Kingpins, chronicles the cartel-like nature of the pharmaceutical industry. According to the documentary, the pharmaceutical industry’s pyramid-scheme-like structure—which kept the opioid epidemic alive and well over the past several years—comprises three levels: At the top of the pyramid, there are big pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin; at the middle level, there are local pharmacies that order suspiciously large amounts of opioids for the underpopulated areas they cater to; at the bottom of the pyramid, dealers purchase large amounts of opioids from pharmacies in rural America and ship them off to desperate customers in big cities. The Oxy Kingpins condenses decades of evidence into a sprawling panorama that will bring even its most…

Price by the ounce The second half of the 2021 THMQ calendar kicked off with pot prices rising in all three national markets, including a steep $13 hike in the East. This resulted in the average ounce in America reaching a yearly high of $316. For the third straight month, Blue Dream made it to the “Top Five” strains, this time topping the list, while tasty Grape Stomper makes its inaugural appearance. JULY 2021 PRICE INDEX US Price Index YTD Average: $309 East Price Index YTD Average: $327 South Price Index YTD Average: $324 West Price Index YTD Average: $275 High Times wants to know what you’re smoking. Submit your strain information including location and price by the ounce to thmq@hightimes.com, or tweet us (#THMQ). TOP FIVE STRAINS 1 BLUE…

THE KING OF ROCK In New York, there are a few legends whose personas are ingrained into those who grew up in the area. With stars like Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z and Nas, there’s a certain mysticism around their names. Fans don’t talk about them as people anymore; they’re closer to myths—those that turned their negatives to positives, ya dig? Well, when we’re talking about God-tier icons from New York, the name Run-DMC is always on that list—close to, if not at the top of it. Widely regarded as one of the most influential groups in hip-hop history, Run-DMC were founded back in 1983 by Joseph “Run” Simmons, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and DJ Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell. Known for breaking barriers and smashing stereotypes, Run-DMC helped pioneer the modern MC-DJ…

At the highest levels of government, officials are quietly seeking to reduce the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in cannabis in states that have already legalized the plant. Efforts in a handful of states to impose caps on THC in flower and concentrates are underway. A future dystopian patchwork of THC caps indifferent states isn’t quite a distant pipe dream: Two high-ranking US senators raised the possibility of limiting THC in a recent bipartisan report from the Caucus on International Narcotics Control. The March 2 report was issued by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and it includes a recommendation that the National Institutes of Health and the US Food and Drug Administration develop their own recommendation as to “whether states should cap the potency of [cannabis] products that…

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Tweet your best high observations and comments our way (@HIGH_TIMES_Mag) for a chance to be featured on this page! And be sure to follow us on Facebook: (Facebook/HighTimesMag) and Instagram: (@hightimesmagazine) for all the latest news as it’s happening! @legalizeNC_ @BenKissel @HIGH_ TIMES_Mag @tomangell Back to the insanity. 3 hours to make $40 in Postmates to hit my $125 goal for the day then photo shoot followed by emails then laundry, dishes and then pass out for 5 hours before starting over. Remind me again how stoners are lazy? @Rob_Mc_123 @HIGH_TIMES_Mag @Cannabis_Voter and @JoeBiden All state efforts are meaningless unless decriminalized at the federal level. Many employers hold federal law over the heads of their employees. @MistyMagic1 I love the conversation about the hamburger picture in the window!! NFT-y Siff-Ty:…

Welcome back to the July issue of High Times. As always, I’m honored to bring back the “Twenty22Many Veteran Chronicles,” in which I highlight all the hardest-working veterans and cannabis activists across America. There is no demographic in the United States that benefits more from access to medical cannabis than the veterans’ community. This July, I’m absolutely thrilled to bring you all the powerful story behind Veterans Walk and Talk (VWAT), a veterans’ organization I have been watching and admiring very closely for many years now. This is a wonderful story about veterans coming together as one unit and hiking with Mother Nature on the beautiful trails of the Golden State. The organization also advocates for cannabis and psychedelic therapy for veterans. VWAT was established in California, the state with…

“I’ve always been somebody who was a minority among minorities, being marginalized and also being attracted to marginalized subcultures. Rock ‘n’ roll is where I found my family, and in cannabis, I found another family.” Inspired by the “female expression of the most powerful plant on Earth,” her words, Tina Gordon of Moon Made Farms carved out a cannabis brand, and a name for herself, in Humboldt County, California. But it hasn’t always been this way. “I was living in San Francisco for most of my adult life, and during that time, I was living a very underground lifestyle with art, music and playing in bands, releasing records, van touring, that kind of thing, for about 20 years,” Gordon said. “I was in a bunch of different punk and metal…

Summertime and the living’s easy, right? In the dense year that is 2021, that’s surely the hope as we approach a new season. There is palpable excitement in the air this summer, as the general public eagerly awaits the go-ahead to continue to reemerge into the real world after far too much time indoors. For most, the new season means active and social days enjoying the outdoors, but more time out and about is married to intentional time for regrouping and relaxing, with some long, stoney evenings in front of the TV. We could lie and say, “Wow, we’re so sick of watching TV after 2020! You won’t see us in front of the screen this summer,” but we’re already shuffling through our brain on what to put on our…

“ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT TOURING AS A STAND - UP WAS MEETING THE FANS AFTER SHOWS. IT WAS USUALLY IN A SMELLY ALLEY NEXT TO A DUMPSTER, BUT WE DIDN’T CARE BECAUSE WE’D SMOKE AND TAKE PICS AND LAUGH.” Doug Benson’s elevated humor has made him one of the most iconic cannabis comedians around. Between The Marijuana-Logues, Getting Doug With High and his celebrity guest-star appearances on Trailer Park Boys and various other roles, Benson—along with his passion for cannabis—is no stranger to the limelight. In fact, he gets high from it (the limelight, that is). Besides his time on screen, Benson is also an avid film lover. His Doug Loves Movies podcast has gained some serious traction with thousands of listeners and viewers tuning in as he…

Ellie Paisley is an artist and clothing designer whose vibrancy has graced the cannabis community since her younger years, when she relied on weed to help her through a difficult period. “I kinda had a little bit of a rough patch as a teenager,” she said. “Some not-so-awesome stuff happened to me. I was looking for a way to heal that didn’t involve antidepressants—I struggled with that for a long time.” Paisley found cannabis, but she was also seeking community in a time and place in which prohibition was in full force and the negative public perception of cannabis was severe. At about the age of 16, she thought to herself, “I need a scene that understands me and doesn’t judge me for being a recreational-cannabis user or a medical-cannabis…

What does entertainment look like in the modern era of being a stoner? It’s no secret that Hollywood isn’t pumping those same stereotypical stoner flicks like they used to a decade or two ago, as the perception of cannabis evolves. So, what is there to do the next few months? Take a journey with us on a summer chock-full of fun, cannabis-friendly entertainment including everything from TV shows to music and social media content. Let’s get the good times flowing—without letting the huge disappointment of last summer bring you down. This is a new year, and that means that the fun is popping off. At High Times, we’re making sure you’re not plagued with boredom over the next few months. We have drummed up engaging profiles on five different, follow-worthy…

Half classic death metal, half cannabis-reference fun and all badass, brutal music, Cannabis Corpse have made a name for themselves by referencing OG death-metal classics and incorporating a cannabis-infused spin in the band’s look and sound. Cannabis Corpse’s 2019 record, Nug So Vile, was inspired by Cryptopsy’s None So Vile album, and it’s a tribute to the classic. The band managed to fit in a mini-European tour before the pandemic hit, and then took advantage of quarantine time to work on some different musical projects and focus more on creation, like many other bands have done. And, as a band that hails from Richmond, Virginia, they’re stoked about cannabis legalization in the state, even though they personally don’t mind shopping in the black market. “Every time I’m asked about legalization,…

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My physician said cannabis legalization is linked to self-harm. That makes no sense to me. -Dexter Hi Dexter, Self-harm is serious. The research that helped your physician draw this conclusion, however, is seriously flawed. Researchers fished around until they found that, in states that have recreational laws but no dispensaries, men under age 40 were slightly more likely to report self-harm. Not women. Not people in recreational cannabis states with dispensaries. Not men over the age of 40. Can you imagine all the data mining it took to get this to reach significance? Statisticians call this a Type I error. If you feel like you want to hurt yourself, go hang out with a friend or call a buddy. I’m sure that it has nothing to do with cannabis. And…

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