The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s New Era of Cannabis
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has strict regulations that all athletes must follow to compete across all divisions and sports. While ensuring an equal playing field for all athletes, these regulations also ensure athlete health and safety. In 2024, the NCAA removed its ban on marijuana, permitting athletes to use marijuana after a big win, […]
How Weed Can Change Sports Careers
I grew up as a fan of the Miami Dolphins. It was a hard team to cheer for. We haven’t won a playoff game in my entire life and have rarely come close to making them at all. The thing about cheering for a team that’s undergoing a perpetual “rebuild” is that all eyes and […]
“Canna-Curious”: Legalization and Medical Marijuana
Despite Massachusetts legalizing marijuana more than a decade ago, it remains prohibited on Harvard’s campus, highlighting a disconnect between state law and university policy as national attitudes become increasingly positive. An addiction specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Peter Grinspoon has used medical cannabis in treating […]
We’ed Rather Be At
Lonely Stoner is back, but this time without the clingy ex; all it took was one well-timed gummy to finally block their number and move on to bigger and better things. In a newfound, truly single era, I now have time to enjoy sporting events in their best form: with a blunt in hand. One […]
The Holy Trinity of Highs, Ranked
“Edible, joint, or bong?” Asking this question is sure to spark fierce debate between anyone and everyone partaking in April 20 festivities, from people lighting up for the first time to veteran stoners. These three forms of weed are backed by a loyal network of advocates. But is there an objective answer to the age-old […]
Fogging it Up with All-Time Athletes
Every stoner understands the vitality of the blunt rotation—or the “roto” to some—for the enjoyment of a sesh. You need someone who can roll, someone who can crack jokes, and overall chemistry between the members present. Ideally, everyone is vibing off the za. Though the stereotypical ’70s pothead might not elicit the image of a […]
A New, Green Era
Don Draper drank at his desk. Jay Gatsby glamorized the Roaring 20s—and his odd love life—with extravagant cocktails and parties. James Bond downed enough vodka martinis to need a new liver. Hollywood has always known how to make a vice look aspirational, and for alcohol, it went all out. With bottles popping to celebrate or […]
Jogging Over Joints: The Superiority of the Runner’s High
Everyone remembers their first time getting high. Mine was on a cloudy day in February of this year. Although the sun was hiding, and my hands were freezing in the cold, I was as happy as if it were a warm summer’s day. Afterwards, I was off to dinner in the same high spirits—whistling and […]
Holding Time in Harvard Square
For over a century, Leavitt & Peirce has served Harvard Square patrons on Massachusetts Avenue. Above its entrance, three simple words announce what it sells: gifts, tobacco, games. But inside, there is nothing simple about it. The store is densely packed, stocked with everything from flavored tobacco and pipes to chess sets, Go boards, knives, […]
Weed Issue
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Weed Cell Blocks
On Dec. 18, 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled “Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research.” “The Attorney General shall take all necessary steps to complete the rulemaking process related to rescheduling marijuana to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in the most expeditious manner in accordance with Federal law,” Trump wrote. […]
Kitchen Sink No. 11
The sink in the ward was not like the sink in room fourteen. It was larger, institutional, the porcelain yellowed at the drain where decades of hands had passed over the same spot, the iron taps stiff and slightly out of plumb. There was only cold water. The hot tap was a decoration, a concession […]
The “Fent” Cart
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy a good edible every once in a while. After all, according to the weed wizard Snoop Dogg himself, “It’s actually growing from the ground straight to you, so it’s just like eating a vegetable.” But despite my best efforts to always have a safe sesh, I […]
A Commentary on Conservatism (Not the Nasty American Kind)
The late English philosopher, Sir Roger Scruton, spoke on conservatism in a 2017 lecture, describing a conservative as “someone who has found something to love and wants to retain it.” He then went on to define it, more generally, as a “philosophy of love.” Although I’m sure this will be perceived as controversial, especially on […]
Bad Trip
The Knights of the Round Table have always known two versions of the dragon. They gathered anyway. Same rooms, different buildings, the same low music, cold coming through the window that someone cracked for airflow. This is what the Round Table looks like in practice: six people distributed across every available surface, coats still half […]
Jazz Joints
On Feb. 10, 1938, Sidney Bechet walked into a Decca Records studio in New York and cut a track called “Viper Mad.” The song, which Bechet composed with musician Rousseau Simmons, was an ode to smoking marijuana. O’Neill Spencer sang the lyrics over Bechet’s clarinet: “wrap your chops round this stick of tea / blow […]
Blown Away: Mahler’s Symphony No. 3
“At the dress rehearsal, I say to the orchestra, ‘See you in church,’” Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, in his pre-concert lecture. On the night of April 11, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra performed Gustav Mahler’s colossal Symphony No. 3 on the gilded stage of Symphony Hall. Lasting over 100 minutes across six […]
Exploring American Hometowns: NYC Fog
Growing up is a funny thing—you begin to feel your frontal lobe developing, raising your fear factor, and improving your logical decision-making abilities. Looking back, some of the things I did during my freshman year of high school in the Big Apple are honestly shocking. Coming of age in New York City allowed for an […]
Where Nothing Quite Resolves
I listen to Lana Del Rey when I want to feel sad. Not a heartbreak type of sad. Not the devastating type of sad. It’s the specific sadness of a Sunday afternoon with no plans, no texts or emails to respond to, and no reason to get out of bed. That kind of sad. For […]
Smoke Sesh
“Sorry guys, I forgot to charge mine.”
“Rubber Soul” Reconsidered
After performing at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, The Beatles sought some relaxation in the Delmonico Hotel in Manhattan. Bob Dylan entered the suite, one of the group’s lifelong music idols, bearing gifts—a bag of marijuana buds—as he believed the four to be avid smokers. In “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” by The Beatles, Dylan […]