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Cannabis culture encompasses the history, traditions, communities, creativity, and social movements that have developed around the plant across different regions and generations. From ancient medicinal and spiritual use to music, art, activism, legalization, and modern cannabis events, the culture continues to evolve as public attitudes and laws change. Explore the people, places, traditions, and milestones that have shaped cannabis culture and influenced the way marijuana is understood today.

LATEST CANNABIS CULTURE ARTICLES

Cannabis in South America: History, Culture, Prohibition and Legal Reform
Cannabis has been part of South American history for nearly five centuries, yet its role on the continent has never been fixed. It arrived as an Old World plant carried through European colonial networks, was cultivated as hemp for fiber, entered popular medicine, became… Read more: Cannabis in South America: History, Culture, Prohibition and Legal Reform
Cannabis in Australia: History, Culture, Laws and Legalization
Australia’s relationship with cannabis is far older and more complicated than the modern debate over legalization suggests. The plant arrived with European settlement as an agricultural and medicinal commodity, became part of nineteenth-century pharmacy, disappeared into prohibition during the twentieth century, and then returned… Read more: Cannabis in Australia: History, Culture, Laws and Legalization
2020 Oregon Cannabis Cup: Strawberry Guava, Mimosa and the State’s First People’s Choice Competition
The 2020 Oregon High Times Cannabis Cup: People’s Choice Edition arrived during a year that forced both the cannabis industry and High Times to rethink how a major competition could operate. Oregon had hosted its first official High Times Cannabis Cup only one year… Read more: 2020 Oregon Cannabis Cup: Strawberry Guava, Mimosa and the State’s First People’s Choice Competition
2020 Illinois Cannabis Cup: Revolution Cannabis Sweeps the First People’s Choice Cup in the Prairie State
The 2020 Illinois High Times Cannabis Cup: People’s Choice Edition arrived at almost the exact moment Illinois cannabis entered a new era. Adult-use sales had begun on January 1, 2020, only months before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted public gatherings across the United States. Under… Read more: 2020 Illinois Cannabis Cup: Revolution Cannabis Sweeps the First People’s Choice Cup in the Prairie State
2021 High Times Hemp Cup: Lifter, Delta-8, CBD Innovation and the Rise of Nationwide People’s Choice Judging
The 2021 High Times Hemp Cup: People’s Choice Edition captured the American hemp industry at one of the most experimental moments in its modern history. Instead of taking place at a convention center or festival grounds, the competition operated nationwide, with hemp-derived products shipped… Read more: 2021 High Times Hemp Cup: Lifter, Delta-8, CBD Innovation and the Rise of Nationwide People’s Choice Judging
2019 Bay Area Cannabis Cup: History, Highlights, Notable Guests and Complete Winners
The 2019 High Times Cannabis Cup Bay Area brought one of cannabis culture’s best-known competitions back to the San Francisco region for a two-day celebration of cultivation, concentrates, infused products, glass and music. Held June 22–23, 2019, at the Cow Palace in Daly City,… Read more: 2019 Bay Area Cannabis Cup: History, Highlights, Notable Guests and Complete Winners
2020 High Times Cannabis Cup Colorado: Mandarin Sunset, Sour Strawberry and the Birth of the People’s Choice Era
The 2020 High Times Cannabis Cup Colorado: People’s Choice Edition became one of the most consequential competitions in the history of the Colorado Cup—not because it was the biggest festival High Times had staged in Denver, but because it represented a fundamental change in… Read more: 2020 High Times Cannabis Cup Colorado: Mandarin Sunset, Sour Strawberry and the Birth of the People’s Choice Era
What Countries Smoke the Most Weed?
Canada and the United States belong near the top of any serious discussion about countries with high cannabis use. New Zealand also reports substantial use, while Australia, Uruguay, Spain, France, and Czechia feature prominently in national and regional research. However, naming a definitive world… Read more: What Countries Smoke the Most Weed?
2021 High Times Cannabis Cup Arizona: Alien Labs, Connected and the Rise of People’s Choice Judging
The 2021 High Times Cannabis Cup Arizona: People’s Choice Edition marked a major milestone for the state’s rapidly developing cannabis market. Although Arizona had operated a medical marijuana program for years, the 2021 competition was the first High Times Cannabis Cup opened to Arizona… Read more: 2021 High Times Cannabis Cup Arizona: Alien Labs, Connected and the Rise of People’s Choice Judging
2018 High Times Cannabis Cup: Strawberry Jaffa, Biscotti, Gelonade and Amsterdam’s Final Cup
The 2018 High Times Cannabis Cup Amsterdam, held July 13–15, 2018, became the closing chapter of a competition tradition that had begun in the Netherlands three decades earlier. Unlike the classic Thanksgiving-week Cups of the 1990s and 2000s, the 2018 edition moved into the… Read more: 2018 High Times Cannabis Cup: Strawberry Jaffa, Biscotti, Gelonade and Amsterdam’s Final Cup

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