Sasha and Ann Shulgin

Inductees to the Counterculture Hall of Fame are Sasha and Ann Shulgin.Alexander Theodore “Sasha” Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was an American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author known for his creation of new psychoactive chemicals. In 1960, Sasha tried mescaline for the first time.  He then experimented Read more…

Robert Platshorn

Robert Platshorn is the HIGH TIMES Freedom Fighter of the Year for 2014! Robert Platshorn is the author of Black Tuna Diaries. He is America’s longest (30 years) imprisoned non-violent marijuana offender. Raised on South St. in downtown Philadelphia, acting ambitions earned him a supporting role in a successful off Read more…

Marc Emery

In 2014 Marc Scott Emery receives the Lester Grinspoon Lifetime Achievement Award during the 27th High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam. Marc Scott Emery (born February 13, 1958) is a Canadian activist who is famous for starting a political, capitalist cannabis movement across Canada. Marc Emery began his cannabis activism in 1990, when Read more…