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Benjamin M. Adams

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  • Editor and Journalist, Freelance
  • Content Editor, Red Canyon Media
Salt Lake City
As seen in: LinkedIn, Medium, Forbes, HuffPost, VICE, Flipboard, Yahoo, The Advocate Magazine, High Times, EIN News and
Covers:  Cannabis, Psychedelics, LGBTQ, Art, Tech, HIV
Doesn't Cover: Sports, Cultivation
Editor and journalist. Words in: Forbes, Vice, HuffPost, The Advocate, Culture, and many more.

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Staff Writer at High Times. As seen in VICE, HuffPost, Forbes, Reset.me, Cannabis Now, Merry Jane and Skunk Magazine.

Interviews include Kathy Bates, Kevin Smith, Andrew Yang, former Senator Cory Gardner, Megan Rapinoe, Ricki Lake, Montel Williams, Bella Thorne, Kristen Bell, Tommy Chong, Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, George Zimmer, Atmosphere and more.

Benjamin M. Adams’s Journalist Portfolio

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HIV Probably Won't Kill You, but Smoking Will

HIV Probably Won't Kill You, but Smoking Will

Compared to the general population, an abnormally high rate of Americans living with HIV are smokers: by one …

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A Gay Bear Mag Changed My Life

A Gay Bear Mag Changed My Life

I never expected to find existential enlightenment from the pages of a porn magazine. But when I was 18, that…

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I'm HIV-Positive - And People Are Still Afraid To Touch My Hand

I'm HIV-Positive - And People Are Still Afraid To Touch My Hand

It's 2017 - but too often people are somehow still unaware that HIV cannot be transmitted through non-sexual …

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Meet The Man Behind the Iconic Rolling Stones 'Lips and Tongue' Logo - Culture | MERRY JANE

Meet The Man Behind the Iconic Rolling Stones 'Lips and Tongue' Logo - Culture | MERRY JANE

Ernie Cefalu's art has defined an entire genre of music. Cefalu's album cover art collection, Original Album …

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Off-season is Open Season for NBA Smokers - Culture | MERRY JANE

Off-season is Open Season for NBA Smokers - Culture | MERRY JANE

Former Chicago Bulls guard Jay Williams says that regular cannabis use is ubiquitous with the NBA. Years of u…

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Please Trump Don't Take Away my HIV Pills

Please Trump Don't Take Away my HIV Pills

A specter looms over the heads of HIV patients in America. Federal programs that cover the cost of medication…

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Montague launches RAVE alerts for emergency notifications Original

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By Benjamin M. Adams Verified
| WWLP-TV (Chicopee, MA) Verified
MONTAGUE, Mass. (WWLP) – As winter storms are hitting Massachusetts frequently, the Town of Montague has launched its new Emergency Alert System, Rave Alerts. The system is designed to provide residents and business owners with information during emergencies and serious situations. It sends timely notifications about events such as severe weather, public safety incidents, road closures, parking bans, and other urgent Town-related updates.
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Webster Water Ski Collective leaders win sports scholarships Original

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By Benjamin M. Adams Verified
| WWLP-TV (Chicopee, MA) Verified
WEBSTER, Mass. (WWLP) – Two members of the Webster Water Ski Collective have been awarded full scholarships to attend this year’s Move United Education Conference. The Webster Water Ski Collective announced that Ryan DesRoches, director of Adaptive Programs, and Cindi Gazda, an adaptive skier and instructor, were selected.
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New York’s First Legal Dispensary Gives Every Dollar To AIDS Support

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Lower Manhattan-based Housing Works Cannabis Co. is New York's first licensed adult-use cannabis dispensary, and donates 100% of proceeds to Housing Works. Photo credit: Prince Franco The state of New York’s first licensed adult-use cannabis dispensary is honoring World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, and every dollar you spend there—on any day—goes to Housing Works, a nonprofit that’s been fighting for justice for people with HIV and AIDS in New York City since 1990.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Columnist for The Pillar.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No.

How is social media changing news?

It's making it harder to decipher fake news.
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