I don’t know about y’all, but I think a lot about lung health. I never planned to be a smoker. I was raised to think smoking was the uncoolest thing a person could do (damn if the movies didn’t make…
College professor, advocate, educator, and entrepreneur, Magnus Thorsson, Ph.D; is the brains behind the US’s first four-year degree program in cannabis entrepreneurship – at Johnson & Wales University, Rhode Island. Ahead of his keynote presentation at the upcoming Hemp4Future conference…
Picture this: The boardroom is flooded with early-evening light as the setting sun illuminates the dark wood of the conference table and creates reflections off the white board. All five members of the C-suite have assembled for what should have been…
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 guests, usually multiple times, and…
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…
There are moments in life when the world slows down. When the noise fades, the edges soften, and you remember what it means to just be. For my 50th birthday, I wanted and needed that kind of moment; something to…
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 guests, usually multiple times, and…
Cannabis never betrayed me. The cannabis industry did. The first time cannabis broke me, there was no smoke curling in the air, no joint between my fingers. Just the sharp hum of fluorescent lights above me, and the bitter smell…
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 guests, usually multiple times, and…
The cannabis industry is growing, year after year. Americans (and many others globally) have a taste for cannabis. But much like enjoying a hot dog and learning how it’s made, there is a vast gulf between enjoyment and knowledge, or…
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…
I never let myself be clingy, or messy, or too much of anything. Bright, colorful kids got attention—I made sure I didn’t. I was the smart one, the well-behaved one, almost invisible—like a mini adult trapped in a child’s body….
