High Times is an American monthly magazine that advocates the legalization of cannabis as well as other counterculture ideas. The magazine was founded in 1974 by Tom Forcade. The magazine had its own book publishing division, High Times Books, and its own record label, High Times Records.
Cover image of High Times' premiere issue, featuring model Elizabeth Donoghue, Summer 1974
High Times cover (17 November 2006).
A High Times branded cannabis dispensary in Coalinga, California
Underground Press Syndicate
The Underground Press Syndicate (UPS), later known as the Alternative Press Syndicate (APS), was a network of countercultural newspapers and magazines that operated from 1966 into the late 1970s. As it evolved, the Underground Press Syndicate created an Underground Press Service, and later its own magazine.
First gathering of member papers, the Underground Press Syndicate, Stinson Beach, CA, March 1967.