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I shared my experiences managing Tourette Syndrome with cannabis with Weedmaps to help fill in the gaps in a field with little published research.

The first post-pandemic column in my Ask a Budtender series.

I looked at the pivotal role the strain Charlotte's Web has played in the legalization movement, thanks to hemp farmers and families caring for children with treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy.

The debut of my terpene column for cannabis cooking magazine Kitchen Toke. [Available in print only]

In the second edition of my advice column, we discuss how to select and evaluate prerolled joints.

If you're thumbing through your phone's emoji keyboard looking for a pot leaf to text to your friend, keep swiping. You'll have to settle for a more abstract representation like a puff of smoke because the process behind adding a new emoji is more complicated than you think.

In my first article for Weedmaps News, I looked at the pivotal role the hemp strain Charlotte's Web has played in the legalization movement.

If Edge Slayer’s first EP was a conceptual study in self-discovery, the New Orleans-based musician, nightlife organizer, and visual artist’s new EP C00CHI3 is about inhabiting her full power.

I chatted with Chef Joseph L. Paire about his African, Southern and DC-area culinary inspirations. [Available in print only]

Pick up the May 2020 issue of Chicago magazine for the debut of my brand-new advice column Ask a Budtender! Have a question? E-mail budtender@chicagomag.com.

A cannabis-informed guide to The Windy City in the 2019 winter issue of cannabis cooking magazine Kitchen Toke. [Available in print only]

Thank you to Jake Malooley for tapping me for this Q & A in Chicago Magazine.

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I reviewed the Quinton Barnes alvum “AARUPA” for Bandcamp Daily.

I profiled Young American chef Nick Jirasek for the 2019 winter issue of cannabis cooking magazine Kitchen Toke. [Available in print only]