Tag: History of 420
Dennis Peron: The Relentless Heart of Medical Cannabis
How a Vietnam veteran, gay rights activist, and rebel entrepreneur helped legalize compassion Dennis Peron didn’t just advocate for cannabis — he redefined it. To Peron, marijuana wasn’t a recreational indulgence or a political wedge. It was medicine. It was…
Faces of the Movement: The People Who Changed Cannabis History
The activists, healers, rebels, and visionaries who reshaped the world’s relationship with the plant Cannabis didn’t legalize itself. Behind every ballot measure, every dispensary, every shift in public opinion, there were people — stubborn, brilliant, compassionate people — who pushed…
The Visual History of the Cannabis Leaf
How a plant became one of the most recognizable symbols on Earth The cannabis leaf is instantly recognizable — seven serrated points radiating like a green starburst. But the symbol we know today didn’t appear overnight. Its visual identity evolved…
Cheech & Chong and a Cultural History of Cannabis Comedy
Cheech & Chong’s story begins in Vancouver in 1969, when Richard “Cheech” Marin, a young Chicano from Los Angeles avoiding the Vietnam draft, crossed paths with Tommy Chong, a musician and improv performer already steeped in counterculture. Their chemistry was…
The rise and fall of High Times magazine
High Times Cover High Times has always been more than a magazine—it was a contraband atlas, a seed catalog of rebellion, and a pulsing soundtrack to counterculture. What began in the 1970s as a brazen underground experiment became the de…
