Mark Miller

5 Ways Cannabis-Tax Dollars Improve Lives

The revenue from state taxes on marijuana isn’t just improving infrastructure; it’s also improving lives. Here are five ways how. 1. Reducing Crime In 2016,

The Secret Life of Pot Plants

Knowing the ins and outs of cannabis communication can produce better buds.  The Secret Soul of Pot Plants It was one of the world’s greatest

Top 10 Tales of Late Musicians and Marijuana

With the sad passing of so many genre defining, boundary crossing, groundbreaking musicians in the last two years, in our fly-by-night culture, it’s often difficult

5 Ways Cannabis-Tax Dollars Improve Lives

The revenue from state taxes on marijuana isn’t just improving infrastructure; it’s also improving lives. Here are five ways how. 1. Reducing Crime In 2016, Alaska passed a bill directing half of the proceeds from the state’s excise tax on commercial pot into programs intended to reduce the number of repeat criminal offenders. This year, $3 million in reefer revenue

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10 Reasons Pot Is Better Than Prescription Drugs

When pro golf superstar Tiger Woods was arrested for a DUI, after cops found him passed out at the wheel of his car near his Jupiter, Florida home, it seemed apt that it was prescription drugs Xanax and Vicodin, and not booze, that took down the Tiger.  While Woods’ story of falling victim to prescription painkillers was sensationalized due to

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The Secret Life of Pot Plants

Knowing the ins and outs of cannabis communication can produce better buds.  The Secret Soul of Pot Plants It was one of the world’s greatest thinkers, Aristotle, who reasoned that, as living entities, plants possessed a “soul,” specifically a “nutritive soul”—not as a spiritual state, but rather the quality that makes the plant “alive.”   As the centuries have passed,

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Lemon Heaven: An In-Depth Look at Lemon Strains

High Times takes a closer view, smell and taste of one of 2017’s hottest flower flavors: Lemon. The citrus flavor explodes on the tongue mere moments after the smoke of a fresh chunk of Super Lemon Haze hits the taste buds. Then, the more clearly defined taste starts to distinguish itself; as the generic—yet always welcome—”citrus” piquancy gives way to a luscious

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5 Conditions You Didn’t Know Could Be Treated with Pot

As the research continues, the list of conditions that can be treated with cannabis continues to grow. 1. Autism As profiled by Philly.com in April, former teen mall stoner turned “canna-mom” Erica Daniels righteously defends administering a cannabinoid spray to her 12-year-old son Leo, who is severely autistic and unable to communicate significantly. Cannabis has dramatically improved Leo’s life and well-being, with

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Ganja Greats: 10 Americans Who Shaped the Pot Landscape

Ganja Greats: 10 Americans Who Shaped the Pot Landscape

With the 4th of July approaching, it’s time to celebrate freedom in America–and of course that starts with weed, now completely legal in eight states and the District of Columbia, the nation’s capital. Despite the national divisions of liberal and conservative, as well as race, color and creed, weed can serve as a unifying force, as you’ll see in this

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5 Stupidest Things Politicians and Pundits Have Said About Pot in 2017

Politicians and pundits are saying a lot of stupid stuff about marijuana in 2017. Here are five remarkably dumb things that caught our eye. 1. Butch Otter “Idaho is a virtual island of compliance [with federal pot prohibition] and we are paying the price,” Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter wrote to President Trump, coming off like a spineless sycophant. Numerous politicians and

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Top 10 Tales of Late Musicians and Marijuana

With the sad passing of so many genre defining, boundary crossing, groundbreaking musicians in the last two years, in our fly-by-night culture, it’s often difficult to fully appreciate and properly commemorate all these great artists—especially when it comes to their adventures with weed. Pot touched on the careers of every musician who made this list—and even a couple who didn’t.

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The High Times Guide to Your Stoniest Summer Vacation Ever

Look away from that sweet nug of shatter before and up at the calendar on the wall, and you’ll see that Memorial Day Weekend—the (un)official start to summer in America—has come and gone. And if it’s summer, you know you’re going to be all high—so it’s time to start planning where you’re going and what you’ll be doing while you

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4 Minutes and 20 Seconds with Sherbinski, Iconic Strain Cultivator

5 Countries Rethinking Their Policies on Pot Prohibition

The United States isn’t the only country rethinking its policies on pot prohibition. 1 – Costa Rica A bill to legalize both medical marijuana and industrial hemp in this Central American republic has been gaining momentum over the last two years, and it appears to have legs: The bill now has the support of key officials in Costa Rica’s public-health

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Toke Me Out To The Ball Game: High Times’ Guide To Lighting Up at MLB Parks

Baseball is back in full swing for another glorious season here in 2017, and pairs perfectly with pot—the game’s played on grass, is it not? Or how about baseball’s opening month being the same as cannabis’ crowning holiday of April 20? Also, the leisurely pace of the game is ideally suited for the drifting, dreamy effects of good weed.  With

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