This Cult Book Mixed Race, Weed and American Chaos Long Before the Culture Caught Up. Now It’s Back
First published by Random House in 2003, Ghetto Celebrity is not a standard memoir and never really tried to be. Donnell Alexander traces the book back to Tupac Shakur’s death, an LA Weekly story about his absent father, and a writing process shaped by weed, pop culture, race, Midwestern Black life and the kind of […]
Psychedelicatessen Blends Jewish Culture and Cannabis
Steve Marcus creates art at the intersection of cannabis culture and counterculture to take Jewish art to new heights. Jews have been a distinct tribal people for approximately 4,000 years. In that time, the Jewish people created a lot of music, visual art, and literature. Although I’ve never read much of the Bible, Google tells […]
In Praise of Slowness: Weed as a Countercultural Tool Against Hustle Culture
Time seems to go by so fast. In reality, it moves no faster—or slower—than ever, but there’s a very specific feeling, distinctive of these times: we are so immersed in routine and the constant repetition of activities that we end up operating on autopilot. Days seem to “fly by” because, by automatically repeating actions, our […]
Bob Weir and Cannabis Culture
This piece is, first and foremost, a tribute to Bob Weir, and to a life spent creating, persisting, and refusing stasis. It reflects on the influence of an artist whose impact was not confined to charts, movements, or moments, but unfolded over decades through presence, continuity, and an uncommon willingness to keep going. Weir’s work, […]
Eighth Iron Is Bringing Cannabis Into Golf Culture
And 8th Iron is already teed up. Golf has always been a slow-burn sport. Long walks. Long pauses. Long conversations stretching from the first tee to the final putt. It’s a game built on rhythm and temperament, where one bad swing can hijack the next five holes if you let your head spiral. That’s exactly […]
Cannabis Culture Can’t Afford to Keep Fighting Itself
Cannabis has never been a single experience. It was never one molecule, one effect, one intention, or one lane. It has always been plural—used for healing, ritual, relief, escape, communion, and survival, sometimes all at once. The plant made room for contradiction long before regulators tried to flatten it into categories that could fit on […]