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California trim season has its own mythology: cash, freedom, mountains, community.

Ana Bacigalupo found the other version. Questionably legal operations, endless days in the fields, unsafe conditions and the fragility of surviving far from home when things go wrong.

A side of California cannabis culture people rarely talk about 👇

Trimmigrant Nightmares: The Side of California Cannabis No One Talks About | High Times Ana Bacigalupo left her office job in Buenos Aires and flew to California to trim cannabis. What she found was the part of harvest season nobody brags about: tents, isolation, armed bosses, raids, theft and a human cost that still isn't easy to name. This is the first installment of Trimmigrant Nigh...

Thinking about using charcoal filters? You might want to think twice.

Marketed as a cleaner way to smoke, designed to "reduce tar and smooth the experience". Multiple studies suggest they can strip terpenes, reduce perceived potency, and lead to compensatory behaviour, meaning you end up consuming more, not less.

Big To***co has used similar tactics before, and the results speak for themselves 👇

Do Charcoal Joint Filters Actually Work? What The Science Says Charcoal joint filters strip the terpenes that get you high and barely touch the tar they're sold to remove. The result: you smoke more, inhale up to 86% more tar, and pay for the privilege. Big To***co ran this exact scheme fifty years ago. Here's the science.

At a cannabis farm just outside Negril, a group tour blends into a psilocybin retreat, and a steam chalice ceremony closes it all out.

In Jamaica, cannabis and mushrooms are starting to share the same space.

The Holy Trinity: G***a, Mushrooms, and a Steam Chalice in Jamaica | High Times In Jamaica, a cop walked into our sesh and offered a fist bump. The island where cannabis and psychedelic tourism are finally merging.