Shelton Hull

Shelton Hull has been writing for Folio Weekly since 1997, but his resume goes back even further. He has written for almost every newspaper, magazine and zine in Northeast Florida, as well as publications like Orlando Weekly, Narrow GNV, Creative Loafing Tampa, Charleston City Paper, Ink19 and The Atlantic.

He currently writes the "Folio Weed" column, which he created in 2018; he remains one of the widest-read and most influential cannabis writers in the world today. He also compiles material for "Weird Wild Stuff" column, and he previously wrote the legendary "Money Jungle" column for Folio Weekly from 1999 to 2009.

He is a regular contributor to "First Coast Connect" on WJCT, as well as the Jacksonville Music Experience. He is a co-host of "The Contrast Project" and the "Bold City Civics" podcast. He is also a co-founder of the record label Bold City Music Productions. He can be reached at sheltonhull@gmail.com.

Trip Advisory: A rough guide to ‘shrooming’ in Sunshine State

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June 21, 2023
Words by Shelton Hull There has been a popular resurgence of interest in hallucinogenic mushrooms in recent years, particularly here in Florida. A big factor in that boom has been the state’s massive military veteran community, which has seized upon the plant’s usefulness for treating PTSD and other psychological issues, including addiction to alcohol or even harder drugs. That has

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Folio Weed

March 21, 2022
Relatable Content Folio first featured Ellie K in its pages in one of the earliest installments of “Folio Weed,” nigh on four years ago. Our first interview, way back in August 2018, took place at Starbucks. At the time, she was in the first year of her YouTube channel, which
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Folio Weed February

February 17, 2022
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Agriculture Secretary Nikki Fried has emerged as the leading contender to unseat Ron DeSantis in the governor’s race this year, which is kinda like being the No. 1 contender against Mike Tyson in 1989: Odds of winning are slim, but if she’s patient, he might eventually beat himself. Clearly, he
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Weird Wild Stuff #2 Humans, and Other Animals

February 17, 2022
This month’s installment was written days before the actual deadline, because this first story is so stupid that I had to just jump in, immediately. To wit: In early January, the LAPD announced a phenomenon most rare: Two police officers were actually fired for official misconduct. Such harsh penalties are
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White Smoke, Black Ash

January 20, 2022
Caron Marcelous goes global with ganja Folio Weed #2 I’ve known Caron Marcelous for about 25 years, and he looks almost exactly the same. You can credit that to genetics and a healthy lifestyle because it’s certainly not about any absence of stress or preponderance of sleep. Instead, Marcelous has
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Weird, Wild Stuff #1

January 20, 2022
Buoy, Oh, Boy When it comes to random ridiculous stories, the state of Florida has been ubiquitous, almost since the earliest days of moveable type. So it makes perfect sense that the last stupid story of 2021 and the first stupid story of 2022 are the same story, and it’s
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(Sequential) Coffee Talk

November 22, 2021
Inside the outside of Riverside’s newest conveyors of caffeine The orange-and-white trailer pops in the morning sun. It catches the eye from blocks away. A lot of folks have wondered what’s going on there, so here’s the deal: For most of the past year, Sequential Coffee has operated out of
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The Life of Tommy Hazouri

September 14, 2021
Tommy Hazouri held nearly every political office you could in Jacksonville, he passed away on Sept. 11.  In some ways, it was very on-brand for Tommy Hazouri to die on a Saturday morning, his loss somewhat overshadowed by the 20th anniversary of 9/11. In fact, his final social media post,
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Whither Weed

January 2, 2019
story by SHELTON HULL The New Year is nowupon us, and if you’re like me, you’ll agree it’s not a moment too soon. 2019 will be the third year of medical marijuana in the state of Florida and our first under incoming governor Ron DeSantis, who will be sworn in
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