This article was first published in the Kids & Cannabis issue of Fat Nugs Magazine, published December 2025. Generally, it’s a good idea to keep kids and cannabis separate. They don’t need to be shielded, but I think we can…
When people talk about psychedelics and cannabis today, the conversation usually splits into lanes: clinical trials, Silicon Valley microdosing hacks, or wellness trends. But before they were hashtags or “treatments,” entheogens like ayahuasca, peyote, psilocybin, and cannabis carried a much…
This interview first appeared in the Prisoners issue of Fat Nugs Magazine, published February 2025. If you are over 40 years old, you can probably recall the propaganda of D.A.R.E., Just Say No, and other anti-drug campaigns of the last…
In a city steeped in history, Jimbo Williamson, aka The Tie-Dye Tour Guide, stands out as one of Boston’s most colorful characters—literally and figuratively. A longtime tour guide turned entrepreneur, Jimbo has reimagined what it means to explore the city…
Before there was an industry, there were outlaws Before cannabis had CEOs, investors, and glossy packaging, it was moved by people who risked everything for the plant. Andrew Lopas, better known as OG Razor, is one of them. His roots…
They told us legalization was freedom. Headlines, campaigns, dispensary ads: “Weed is legal now.” But that’s not how it started. DEA vs. DEI It started with pity. Pity for veterans. Pity for cancer patients. Pity for people who looked sick…
When I first started growing cannabis back in the late 1990s, the landscape was entirely different. Cannabis was illegal, and there weren’t specialized grow stores on every corner filled with cannabis-specific nutrients. As someone who had always been drawn to…
Before any of this was about brands, before the music got packaged by record labels and the weed got logos, there was just the block. A speaker on a milk crate, a few heads from around the way, somebody’s cousin…
For years now, I’ve watched as countless individuals in the cannabis industry consistently overstate the industry’s unwillingness to examine and discuss potentially harmful aspects of cannabis consumption. You can see this happening almost daily on platforms like LinkedIn, where people…
Oaxaca de Juárez lounges in the Central Valleys, at the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains. Here in the tropical savanna, when it’s not raining, the arid, blazing heat seduces you into bars, like a desert oasis. You’ll learn fast…
Sara Payan: Hello, everyone, and welcome to Planted with Sara Payan. I’m Sara Payan, your host, and today, our guest is Luke Scarmazzo. He has been a political prisoner, and he has gotten out. He has written a book, “High…
“Hemp is the only plant that can feed you, house you, clothe you, and heal you,” declares Jack Herer, a renowned hemp activist and author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes. For centuries, hemp has shaped America’s history, from crafting…
