i believe as much in high times as i do in any other periodical.. you have to remember that they have their own agenda.. such as selling advertising space and once ads are sold they will do what ever is needed to keep these people happy, and sometimes this will include running a fluff piece on some of their advertisors products.
don't get me wrong, i read high times almost monthly and enjoy it, but i like to take what i have read there and try to do my own research and get my own ideas from there..i try to do this regardless of what i am reading.. i do not take any one source of information as the be all and end all of knowledge...
lately i have been getting more into SKUNK magazine than hightimes.. to me they seem to have a more independent feel to them that i feel that hightimes has kinda lost along the way..
hightimes is still a great magazine and all, but as far as believing everything i read in it from cover to cover, i do not.. i can't hardly name anybook or magazine that i read and take as gospel that way.. to me, hightimes is more of a source of entertainment with sometimes some interesting articles in it