For the Culture By The Culture
May isn’t just a month of planting. It’s a season of rebellion. This cover story digs into the deep roots of cannabis activism, labor, and legacy. From May Day to World Bee Day, we explore the voices and movements that shaped cannabis culture long before legalization. Because rebellion isn’t a moment—it’s the soil this industry grew from.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival hit like a fever dream—blazing heat, blunt smoke, and a human tidal wave of sunburns and sound. Between bad covers, hybrid spritzers, and Revivalist-induced nausea, survival became the mission. Then Dave Matthews hit the stage, and the crowd cracked wide open. What followed was funk, fatigue, and chaos you don’t walk away clean from.
The cannabis industry is expected to pump $123.6 billion into the U.S. economy in 2025. That’s not just growth—it’s a cultural reckoning. Built by the same community they tried to erase, this number doesn’t just shut down critics. It buries them.
You took an edible at noon. Now you’re sweating, spiraling, and trying not to cry behind a porta-potty. From hydration hacks to panic code words, this stoner survival guide is here to help you ride the edible wave without crashing in the middle of Trombone Shorty’s set. Because nobody wants to melt down at a music fest.
Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie isn’t a stoner flick, it’s a raw, trippy confessional from two counterculture icons who shaped comedy and cannabis forever. With Dave Bushell behind the camera, the film blends archival chaos, animation, and unresolved tension into a story about brotherhood, pain, and legacy. It's not just a documentary. It’s an honest trip home.
The DEA is dragging its feet on cannabis rescheduling despite over 43,000 public comments and a formal Schedule III recommendation from HHS. What’s the hold-up? This deep-dive exposes the legal limbo, political stall tactics, and why America’s weed policy is still frozen in time.
