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HOT WHEELS : FOLIO Weed July 2024

July 24, 2024

Editorial Opinion·Feature·Folio Weed·Lifestyle

Words by Shelton Hull If you’re anything but stone-blind, the sight should be familiar by now: I’m talking about that purple van with the neon lights and retro wrap that drives around selling cannabis products, usually near bars and clubs because that’s where the action is. Of course, I was instantly curious, and so were many of you, the readers,

Editorial Opinion·Folio Weed·Lifestyle

Folio Weed June 2024

Words by Shelton Hull As you would expect, I hear about all kinds of interesting new products coming out, and I’ve collected a few over the past few weeks, so let’s talk about them today. As always, please feel free to send along any samples or suggestions — the weirder,

Folio Weed: Scheduling Conflict

Words by Shelton Hull Tuesday, April 30 was perhaps the most

Folio Weed

Words by Shelton Hull From the time I started this column, way

Folio Weed: Nice Work If You Can Get It

March 25, 2024

Folio Weed

Words by Shelton Hull With very few exceptions, the cannabis market in Florida has seen almost continuous growth since medical marijuana sales began on January 1, 2015 with the overall value now 10 to 15 times what it was back then. That trend is almost certain to continue, and the

Folio Weed: Choose or Lose

January 18, 2024

Folio Weed

Words by Shelton Hull Happy New Year to all those who celebrate. Some of you might still be celebrating by the time you read this, in which case you probably need some help, and I hope you get it. The year ahead looks very interesting, in particular, as it relates

Folio Weed Gift Guide 2023

December 27, 2023

Folio Weed

Words by Shelton Hull The holidays are here, and that always means great food, reuniting with friends and family, and of course, presents. We all like what we like, but if you’re reading this, you probably like weed and gimmicks related to it. And if it’s gimmicks you want,

Folio Weed: The Doctor Is IN

November 21, 2023

Folio Weed

Words by Shelton Hull One of the main questions asked by readers of this column is whether or not I, the author of the column, have a medical marijuana card. The answer to that remains “no,” but why? Well, it’s just general laziness. Having grown up in and around the

Folio Weed: Dab’ll Do Ya

October 23, 2023

Editorial Opinion·Feature·Folio Weed

Words by Shelton Hull Like many longtime cannabisseurs (at least the sane, honest ones), I was thoroughly confused by dabs when all that first became a thing some years back. My tastes were simple, pedestrian even: a toke here, a bong rip there, maybe a mouthful of THC

Folio Weed: Moody’s Blues

September 27, 2023

Folio Weed

Words by Shelton Hull The inaugural Camp Folio™ weekend retreat was held August 12-14 at Camp Declan in Interlachen, about 30 miles east of Gainesville. As team-building exercises go, it was a rousing success. From interns to management, folks formed bonds and strengthened others while working together to complete

FOLIO WEED: THC-P? Not for Me!

August 18, 2023

Editorial Opinion·Folio Weed·Lifestyle

Words by Shelton Hull Drugs are bad, m’kay? That much is obvious, no matter what this column (or its author) tells you. But the only thing worse than drugs are legal versions of those drugs, which are usually not legal for long. While the high folks get from

Folio Weed: Signed, Sealed Delivered

July 18, 2023

Folio Weed

Words by Shelton Hull This column has chronicled the exhaustive process of getting adult-use cannabis on our state ballot since its very inception, almost six years ago. That time was defined entirely by futility, as multiple factors (mainly internal among industry leaders) conspired to deny us easy victories in

Folio Weed

June 21, 2023

Folio Weed

UV Rated: Sunburn Cannabis comes to 5 Points Words by Shelton Hull The corner of Park and Lomax streets sits at the center of historic 5 Points, which has been the epicenter of the city’s alternative culture for the past half-century, at least. It was inevitable that the neighborhood with

Folio Weed: Strange Bedfellows

May 22, 2023

Folio Weed

Words by Shelton Hull Two months ago, this column offered an overview of celebrity involvement in the “cannabiz,” while lamenting current laws meant that no such products were presently available in our state. One solution, posited here, was for individual celebs to make deals with dispensaries that were already