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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    ‘High Times’ was a top counter-culture magazine. Now it’s struggling as legal weed expands

    For decades, “High Times” was the monthly magazine for all things marijuana. It was the preferred periodical for pot smokers, growers and farmers.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 23, 2020 • 9m Listen

    For decades, “High Times” was the monthly magazine for all things marijuana. It was the preferred periodical for pot smokers, growers and farmers. It was also the home of good journalism, part of a counterculture trinity, alongside “Rolling Stone” and “Playboy” (for the articles, of course). Now in an age of legalization, “High Times” is ironically stumbling. It’s facing issues that have also plagued the broader cannabis industry.

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    Breonna Taylor case: Grand jury indicts 1 ex-police officer, but no murder charges
    1. 0:00Breonna Taylor case: Grand jury decides not to bring murder charges against 3 ex-officers
    2. 7:49Ideas to restructure the Supreme Court, from term limits to adding justices
    3. 18:35How to make indoor air safer from wildfire smoke and coronavirus
    4. 27:21Plastics industry created a bogus recycling campaign to get people to buy more plastic
    5. 41:16‘High Times’ was a top counter-culture magazine. Now it’s struggling as legal weed expandsYou’re reading this
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