420 travel guide: the best events and cannabis experiences in California

If there’s one place where celebrating 420 feels like a continuation of history rather than a new trend, it’s California. Long before legalization spread across the country, California helped shape modern cannabis culture. From the countercultural gatherings of the Bay Area to the cultivation communities of Northern California, the state played a major role in defining how …

How to Buy Weed in Laos in 2026: Vang Vieng Happy Menus & the Real Risks

Here are the main ways tourists buy weed in Laos: “happy menu” restaurants in Vang Vieng, tuk-tuk drivers in other tourist towns, and informal sellers in tourist areas. Recreational marijuana is illegal in Laos, and traveler reports consistently describe police extracting large cash payments from tourists who purchase it. Those reported “fines” can run into …

How to Buy Weed in Chile: Santiago’s Cannabis Gray Zone & Home-Grow Culture

Chile is one of the most cannabis-friendly countries in South America, and it’s not even close. With notably high cannabis consumption rates (Chile’s official 2024 national drug survey found 10.1% last-month marijuana use, continuing a decline from a 2016 peak of 14.5%), a medical program dating back to 2015, and a home-grow culture that’s deeply …

First Alabama medical cannabis dispensary expected to open next month

The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission revealed in their April meeting that the first dispensary in Alabama history is likely set to serve their first patient on May 4. The first location to open, according to the commission, will be Callie’s Apothecary in Montgomery. Some commission members toured that facility before their Thursday meeting. “Callie’s Apothecary put me …

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New York didn’t need legalization to create cannabis culture. For decades, the plant was already woven into the city’s creative communities, nightlife, and underground scenes. 420 gatherings have long taken place in public spaces like Washington Square Park, where crowds traditionally gather in the afternoon to mark the moment together. The atmosphere tends to feel spontaneous, …

[Watch] High Times’ New Travel Series Goes From Mallorca’s Underground To Portugal’s Cannabis Boom

Produced with Matca Films, the High Times Travel Series is starting from a simple but useful premise: if you really want to understand cannabis somewhere, you have to look beyond the laws and the clichés. You have to see how it actually lives in a place, how people move around it, what local customs shape …

How to Buy Weed in Chile: Santiago’s Cannabis Gray Zone & Home-Grow Culture

You’ve booked flights to Santiago, the Airbnb is locked in, and now you’re searching “how to buy weed in Chile,” only to find a wall of contradictions. Can you possess it? Possibly, in small amounts. Can you consume it? In some private settings, yes. Can you actually buy it anywhere? That’s where it gets complicated. …

How to Buy Weed in Cuba: Havana’s Underground Scene & What Tourists Risk

You typed “how to buy weed in Cuba” and you deserve a real answer, not a vague two-paragraph warning. Maybe you’re planning a trip to Havana and wondering if cannabis fits alongside the vintage cars, rum, and salsa. Maybe you just got back and want to understand what you narrowly avoided. Either way, this is …

How to Buy Weed in Hawaii: Dispensaries, Medical-Only Laws & What Tourists Should Know

You just booked a trip to Hawaii and want to know if you can buy cannabis when you get there. Or maybe you are a resident wondering whether the rules have changed. Either way, you are not alone. “How to buy weed in Hawaii” is one of the most common cannabis questions people ask about …

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