Cultural High

A pioneer in the cannabis testing space, Roger Brown co-founded the first cannabis testing laboratory in Florida ― ACS Laboratory ― in 2008. Today, ACS is the largest cannabis and CBD/hemp third-party testing and compliance laboratory in the Eastern U.S. Utilizing its vast experience in high-complexity laboratory tests, ACS developed proprietary testing methods for cannabis, hemp, and all derivati...

Fireside Project was born at a unique moment in history. It was the spring of 2020. The pandemic was raging. Depression, anxiety, and loneliness were at all-time highs. Calls to some hotlines were up one-thousand percent. Against this backdrop, psychedelics were emerging from the shadows after a decades-long prohibition.  Wesley is a psychedelic writer, visionary artist, and permaculture designer...

Stephen Gray is an author, editor, event organizer and speaker, and ceremony leader. He has been deeply involved with spiritual practices and sacramental (psychedelic) medicine work for over 40 years, including Tibetan Buddhism, the Native American Church (peyote prayer ceremonies), and ayahuasca.  Stephen is an influential figure in the Sacramento psychedelic and cannabis space, having been an ed...

Arslan Kazi is the owner and CEO of Black Market Group, which specializes in hemp products, smoke, and vape shops, and The Standard by Black Market. The Standard is a luxury hemp brand providing consumers with the best alternative hemp-derived THC products. Kazi believes that settling for mediocrity is a problem in the world and that the bar needs to be raised for hemp products. He emphasizes that...