A paragliding crash in Colombia shattered Joey Coleman’s L1 vertebra and put paralysis on the table. The road back included a Colombian hospital, opioid withdrawals in a hotel room, a Grand Junction lottery, and the plant that finally let him sleep through the pain. He now runs KAI Dispensary in Colorado. The vultures showed up… Keep Reading
Walk down Khao San Road, one of Bangkok’s main tourist hubs, and you’ll find dispensaries lining the street within just a few hundred meters. Their density exceeds that of convenience stores. And yet, only a handful are actually busy. Even on the same street, the gap between winners and losers is obvious. In 2025 alone,… Keep Reading
Notes from the road, and where pre-rolls are taking us Before you light up, think about what you reach for when you want a joint. A fat cone, a slim dog walker, an infused rocket, a glass tip blunt, a spliff cut with tobacco, a hand roll in thin paper that burns like a ribbon.… Keep Reading
The DoubleBlind Guide to Psychedelics: A Road Map to Tripping, Microdosing, and Beyond is available for pre-order now and hits shelves April 14, bringing together seven years of reporting, education and psychedelic culture coverage from founders Shelby Hartman and Madison Margolin. As psychedelics keep moving from the fringes into the wellness mainstream, one of the… Keep Reading
The AEW star gets candid about loss, love, life on the road, and the role cannabis has played in helping her stay grounded through it all. There’s nothing subtle about Marina Shafir. I learned this last week after sitting down with the former mixed martial artist turned wrestling icon, who cheerfully sparked one up while… Keep Reading
The road into the Mzintlava River Valley is not on any investment map. It bends past a school with a broken bell, past two spaza shops, and then the tar gives up. What follows is dust, goats, and small fields that look untidy to anyone trained by brochures. This is where South Africa’s cannabis story… Keep Reading
