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The Boston Phoenix ran a profile of an unusual magazine, one that is geared to a very special type of er, reader.
"THERE ARE THREE questions people ask Rick Cusick when they learn he’s an editor at High Times magazine.
"How did you get your job at High Times?"
"Can you get me a job at High Times?"
"Can you get me some weed?"
This is not a casual culture, a smoking circle content with stem-filled dime bags and resin-scraped bowls. Rather, this is the territory of two-foot bongs and herbal vaporizers. "High Times is for the pot smoker," agrees editor Steve Bloom, who’s worked at the publication for 15 years. "They spend money on marijuana; they spend money on paraphernalia. When they travel, they go to destinations that are pot-friendly. They’re stoners. And stoners stick together because stoners are persecuted." Since possessing or selling pot is technically illegal, the regular pipe-packing burner is something of an outlaw — and High Times reflects its readers’ resulting sense of camaraderie.
"THERE ARE THREE questions people ask Rick Cusick when they learn he’s an editor at High Times magazine.
"How did you get your job at High Times?"
"Can you get me a job at High Times?"
"Can you get me some weed?"
This is not a casual culture, a smoking circle content with stem-filled dime bags and resin-scraped bowls. Rather, this is the territory of two-foot bongs and herbal vaporizers. "High Times is for the pot smoker," agrees editor Steve Bloom, who’s worked at the publication for 15 years. "They spend money on marijuana; they spend money on paraphernalia. When they travel, they go to destinations that are pot-friendly. They’re stoners. And stoners stick together because stoners are persecuted." Since possessing or selling pot is technically illegal, the regular pipe-packing burner is something of an outlaw — and High Times reflects its readers’ resulting sense of camaraderie.
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