


The Hawai’i Cannabis Expo The Immersion The Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall — 65,000 square feet of air-conditioned exhibit space in Honolulu— is a lot of open concrete floor, and at 9 a.m. on a Thursday, every square foot of…

This article first appeared in the Pets issue of Fat Nugs Magazine, published in July 2024. Welcome back to my basement and to my little corner of the Pet Edition! I like to somehow link the theme of each issue…

Founder & CEO of LuvBuds LLC | NEW Phoenix Holdings LLC The Hotbox with Dustin Hoxworth isn’t your polished PR interview. It’s me getting stoned and asking people the questions they probably aren’t ready for. These aren’t cold reads or…


The Neuroscience of Cannabis and Sound Before you even light up, music is doing serious work on your brain and body. This isn’t poetic metaphor—it’s measurable biology. Across every culture and age group, music reliably shifts mood, attention, and physical…

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…

While marketing is my profession, media is my passion. With over ten years in the media space, I’ve always found joy in telling stories via contextual, audio, and video. So, when I met Mark Strohm at Cannafest in Prague last…

Co-Founder of Best In Grass The Hotbox with Dustin Hoxworth isn’t your polished PR interview. It’s me getting stoned and asking people the questions they probably aren’t ready for. These aren’t cold reads or copy-paste Q&As; I sit with my…

Legalization didn’t erase the legacy cannabis market; it exposed the gap between culture and compliance. For those who came up before licenses and lab reports, cannabis was built on trust, reputation, and survival, not just vault space or THC percentages….

Founder & CEO, Highlife Health | Woman-Owned Equity License Leader | Community Builder The Hotbox with Dustin Hoxworth isn’t your polished PR interview. It’s me getting stoned and asking people the questions they probably aren’t ready for. These aren’t cold…

There are a handful of smoke sessions in my life that have stuck with me. Most involved good people or unforgettable places. Jamaica with the Fat Nugs team. Infrasound Music Festival. Late nights at Apartment 113 afterparties. Those memories are…