Category: Culture & Icons

HEMP 2018-2025

A scorched field at dusk with small hemp plants growing behind yellow crime scene tape. The headline reads “HEMP 2018–2025.” Text explains that Congress is quietly criminalizing hemp-derived THC through changes in a spending bill that could eliminate delta 8, delta 10, and full-spectrum products. Pot Culture Magazine branding appears at the bottom.

Congress just buried hemp inside the 2025 spending bill, redefining the crop to outlaw hemp-derived THC products that built a $28 billion market. Farmers, brands, and workers face erasure without a vote or debate. Pot Culture Magazine exposes how lawmakers quietly re-criminalized hemp and why voices from Cheech & Chong to NORML say this fight is far from over.

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Cheech Made Chicano Art a Force

Cheech Marin smiles warmly while leaning over a white railing, standing in front of the geometric sculptural facade of The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture in Riverside, California. He wears a dark blue shirt. Photo by Carlos Puma, courtesy of Riverside Art Museum, 2022.

Cheech Marin turned weed money into a monument. The Cheech isn’t just a museum, it’s a cultural counterpunch, a stoned out cathedral built for the artists the art world ignored. No permission, no filter, no apologies. This is the untold story of how one rebel flipped the script, lit the fuse, and made Chicano art impossible to erase.

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Chris Simunek and the Culture They Tried to Bury

Former High Times Magazine Editor-in-Chief Chris Simunek sits on a concrete step, smoking from a pipe as smoke swirls around his face in a black-and-white photograph.

In this exclusive interview, Chris Simunek, former Editor in Chief of High Times, reflects on the outlaw era of cannabis culture when speaking up about weed was a risk, not content. He takes us inside the raw and rebellious movement that existed before legalization and corporate cannabis.

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10 Moments That Made Weed Culture What It Is (and 5 That Nearly Killed It)

Collage of iconic cannabis culture moments, including Woodstock festival attendees, Bob Marley performing live, a vintage “Reefer Madness” poster, and activists holding “Legislate Marijuana” protest signs. Overlaid text reads: “10 Moments That Made Weed Culture What It Is (And 5 That Nearly Killed It).” Pot Culture Magazine branding appears in the corner

Weed culture didn’t just happen; it was built in smoke-filled rooms, protest rallies, and courtroom battles. From 420’s origin to corporate takeovers that nearly killed it, these are the moments that shaped cannabis history. Discover how legends like Jack Herer, Steve Hager, and the Waldos created a movement bigger than any strain.

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Steve Hager’s High Times Legacy

Steven Hager wearing sunglasses, a baseball cap, and a “Riders du Soleil” shirt, sitting on a dock by a calm lake with trees and sky in the background.

Steve Hager transformed High Times from a chaotic drug tabloid into a spiritual and cultural force for cannabis. Discover how he created the Cannabis Cup, popularized 420, and built the foundation of modern cannabis culture in this deep dive into his legacy.

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Scam in the Can

Feature image for Pot Culture Magazine showing a hemp-derived beverage can on a wooden surface outdoors. The can has a gradient label in red, orange, yellow, and green, with condensation droplets. Bold white text reads: “SCAM IN A CAN.” Smaller text above reads: “HEMP-DERIVED BEVERAGE,” and below a green cannabis leaf illustration, it states: “5 MG THC < 0.3% DELTA-9 THC.” At the bottom, the label features the Pot Culture Magazine logo and website “POTCULTUREMAGAZINE.COM.” The image is tagged ©2025PotCultureMagazine/ArtDept.

Willie Nelson’s face is on the can, but the weed isn’t in it. Pot Culture rips the lid off the hemp drink hustle, where celebrity branding and legal loopholes sell weak THC as wellness. This is not cannabis culture. This is a scam wrapped in citrus.

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