They Were Arrested for Cannabis. Now California Gives Activists Medals and Home Growers Golden Bears.
Thirty years after Prop 215, the California State Fair crowned its first home-grow champion and hung medals on the people who made growing legal in the first place. Some of them had been arrested for it. The question came from the stage, and hands went up across the room. “How many in this audience were […]
Forget the Bracelets. Alex Foxen’s Favorite Trophy Is a Golden Bong.
The World Cup crowned a champion. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) handed out its bracelets. Summer’s basically over. Nobody told Alex Foxen, and thank god, because he just handed us the best plot twist of the year. A few weeks ago, we told you about a summer where an ACR Poker Pro, a Norwegian […]
From Golden Teachers to Machine Elves: The New Era of Mushroom Genetics
From boutique breeder cuts to coral-shaped mutations and potency-tested hybrids, psilocybin mushrooms are evolving into a global culture of experimental genetics, underground science, and craft cultivation. Psilocybin mushrooms have exploded out of the underground and into mainstream culture over the last two decades. What was once a niche obsession for hobbyist cultivators and psychonauts has […]