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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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HIV Probably Won't Kill You, but Smoking Will

HIV Probably Won't Kill You, but Smoking Will

Vice — Compared to the general population, an abnormally high rate of Americans living with HIV are smokers: by one 2009 study's count, 50 to 70 percent of HIV-positive people smoke; another from 2016 estimated it's at least over 40 percent.
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A Gay Bear Mag Changed My Life

A Gay Bear Mag Changed My Life

Vice — I never expected to find existential enlightenment from the pages of a porn magazine. But when I was 18, that's exactly what happened, after I wandered into one of Portland's many adult bookstores on a lark.
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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

HuffPost — It's 2017 - but too often people are somehow still unaware that HIV cannot be transmitted through non-sexual human contact. Sometimes it feels like little has changed since Ryan White was physically shunned like a leper by an entire community because of his HIV status in the earliest days of the disease.
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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

MERRY JANE — Ernie Cefalu's art has defined an entire genre of music. Cefalu's album cover art collection, Original Album Cover Art, is the single largest privately owned collection of its kind. His album covers have earned him scores of awards including 15 Gold albums, 10 Music Hall of Fame Awards, and a triple platinum 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

MERRY JANE — Former Chicago Bulls guard Jay Williams says that regular cannabis use is ubiquitous with the NBA. Years of using cannabis oil topically and observing ever-present cannabis use have led him to become a whistleblower. According to Williams, cannabis saved his life, and can help save the lives of countless others suffering from conditions like him.
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Please Trump Don't Take Away my HIV Pills

Please Trump Don't Take Away my HIV Pills

HuffPost — A specter looms over the heads of HIV patients in America. Federal programs that cover the cost of medication, patients worry, could evaporate with the signature of a pen. The pill I depend on, for instance, would cost $31,362 out-of-pocket annually to pay for on my own.
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Q&A: John Salley On His Latest Venture In CBD, TIDL Sport

Q&A: John Salley On His Latest Venture In CBD, TIDL Sport

Forbes — NBA champion John Salley is back in the cannabis market, after a project with Daron Phillips to launch an insurance plan for cannabis businesses, and Deuces22, his premium cannabis brand, with his daughter Tyla serving as CEO.
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Juicy J Discusses Cannabis Brand Ahead Of New Album Drop: Q&A

Juicy J Discusses Cannabis Brand Ahead Of New Album Drop: Q&A

Forbes — Producer, songwriter, record executive, and entrepreneur Juicy J quickly learned early in life that he could only make financial gains when there were risks involved. His most recent investment with the marketing titan Gary Vaynerchuk, Cody Hudson, and the creative magic of Green St. Agency taps into one of cannabis's largest markets: Los Angeles.
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