For the Culture By The Culture
Our June cover isn’t just soaking up sun, it’s sparking something bigger. This is what freedom looks like when you stop asking for permission. No brands, no filters, no apologies, just heat, smoke, and a cultural fuck-you to anyone trying to roll back progress. High tides, higher rebellion.
From Hearst’s racist headlines to DEA funded junk science, cannabis has been framed, smeared, and scapegoated for over a century. This feature exposes how lies became law, how fear fueled policy, and how the truth got buried under headlines. It's not just history, it’s a damn indictment.
Canada says legal weed added $9.1 billion to the economy. But behind the GDP spin is a collapsing system where small growers get crushed, megacorps eat everything, and the product gets worse. Legalization was supposed to fix the market. Instead, it handed it over to the highest bidder and called that progress.
Users think Reddit is a safe space for stoner stories. It’s not. With IP logs, subpoenas, and deleted posts preserved on request, digital weed culture has become a self-incrimination trap. Pot Culture exposes the myth of anonymity and the real risks of online oversharing.
Thailand promised a green revolution, but delivered chaos. After a wild two-year run as Asia’s weed haven, the country is now rolling it back hard. With new laws restricting cannabis to medical use only, thousands of dispensaries face extinction, and global smugglers are getting caught. This is what happens when a country legalizes first and figures out the rules later.
Legal cannabis has generated nearly $25 billion in tax revenue, with $4.4 billion collected in 2024 alone. States benefit significantly, funding various community programs. However, equity issues remain, as many who contributed to legalization are still marginalized. The promise of justice is overshadowed by bureaucracy and economic barriers for legacy growers.
