One of my distinct pleasures at the Cannabis Cup is announcing the winners from the stage and handing over their awards. In 2004, a relatively unknown strain from the UK called Cheese took3rdplace in the People's Cup for Homegrown Fantasycoffeeshop. … High Times
Month: October 2013
Drug Traffickers Drop $1 Million Out of Plane
Bolivian drug traffickers bumbled badly when they threw a million dollars out of a plane right into the hands of narcotics officers. Bolivian authorities intercepted the haul of $ 1,000,000 in US bills when it was dropped from a low-flying plane in eastern S… High Times
NFL: Pink For Breast Cancer, Ignores Green
Many people at HIGH TIMES are die-hard NFL football fans. If you watched games this weekend, you couldn’t help but notice an abundance of hot pink all over the field, players, referees, even the normally-yellow digital first down line.http://RadicalRuss.com High Times
Gulf Cartel’s Guatemalan Jefe Busted in Chiapas
Mexican federal police on October 4 announced the arrest of a fugitive Gulf Cartel operative, Eduardo Francisco Villatoro Cano AKA "Guayo" — wanted in Guatemala for a bloody attack on police earlier this year. High Times
Majority of Maryland Voters Support Pot Legalization
A new public opinion poll released today by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reports that53 percent of Maryland voters support the legalization of recreational marijuana. These results were released just after Maryland… High Times
$10 Million Lawsuit Filed in Pot Prisoner Wrongful Death Case
The mother of a young man who died in aLynnwood, WA jail after turning himself in on a minor pot charge has given county authorities notice that she intends tofile a $ 10 million wrongful death lawsuitagainst them. 22-year-old MichaelSaffioti&nb… High Times
Pot Prices: September 2013 THMQ
Index Watch: All indices, with the exception of theSchwagIndex, finished September below their previous month’s average. The US Price Index experienced the biggest drop (-$ 13), closing the month at its lowest average price per ounce since January 2013. M… High Times
Swiss Marijuana Decrim Law Takes Effect
Switzerland has decriminalized marijuana possession. The new law, which took effect October 1,changes the penalties for possessionof up to 10 grams of pot. Previously, those caught with any amount of cannabis in Switzerland faced legal proceedings that could r… High Times
Blunt After Blunt with Rapper Danny Brown
Danny Brown has pot to thank for his success. Not directly, mind you – as a teen drug dealer in Detroit, pot users were almost the iconoclastic rapper’s undoing. “When you’re selling weed, you’re dealing with your friends, people pulling … High Times
Oregon Marijuana Reforms Are Very Good News
The State of Oregon’s legislature passed some wide-ranging marijuana reforms that quietly flew under the radar of most national media. In the next legislative session, the state may take on full legalization and enact sweeping protections for not just cannabis farme… High Times