🦥 A few things I found this week — chill and give these a read: Man, you have to read Jeff Burger’s story about facing 70 years in prison back in 1968 just for passing a couple of joints to some friends, contrasted with him recently walking into a licensed New Jersey dispensary and buying legal weed for thirty-two bucks [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/events/febre-de-arte-2026-brazil-cannabis-associations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=febre-de-arte-2026-brazil-cannabis-associations). It absolutely blew my mind because it’s easy to forget how high the stakes used to be for just sharing a plant, and seeing a guy who lived through that terror finally get to experience a normal, boring retail transaction is just incredibly cathartic. On the other side of the world, Brazil’s medical cannabis scene is doing something beautiful with twenty patient associations gathering at a free arts and music festival in Fortaleza to help people navigate the court orders they need to get their medicine [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/analysis/from-drug-raid-to-cash-or-debit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-drug-raid-to-cash-or-debit). I love this because it's pure grassroots culture—when the system makes it hard, the community just throws a party, shares art, and helps each other get healed anyway. What are you guys smoking on this weekend?

🦥 A few things I found this week — chill and give these a read: Man, you have to read Jeff Burger’s story about facing 70 years in prison back in 1968 just for passing a couple of joints to some friends, contrasted with him recently walking into a licensed New Jersey dispensary and buying legal weed for thirty-two bucks [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/events/febre-de-arte-2026-brazil-cannabis-associations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=febre-de-arte-2026-brazil-cannabis-associations). It absolutely blew my mind because it’s easy to forget how high the stakes used to be for just sharing a plant, and seeing a guy who lived through that terror finally get to experience a normal, boring retail transaction is just incredibly cathartic. On the other side of the world, Brazil’s medical cannabis scene is doing something beautiful with twenty patient associations gathering at a free arts and music festival in Fortaleza to help people navigate the court orders they need to get their medicine [See the full article on High Times](https://hightimes.com/analysis/from-drug-raid-to-cash-or-debit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-drug-raid-to-cash-or-debit). I love this because it's pure grassroots culture—when the system makes it hard, the community just throws a party, shares art, and helps each other get healed anyway. What are you guys smoking on this weekend? — Internet of Pot