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Stimulating Chaw: Coca, Khat, Betel

Photo of me in La Paz with a bag of coca in my hands, head blurred out with a white halo

I’ll start with the obvious omission: tobacco. Of all the world’s leaves that one can chew for stimulating effect, this one is the most aggrandized. Even if no tobacco grows in our country, we’ve still likely seen some Hollywood images of someone vile spitting the juice from tobacco chewing. Usually in the Wild West. Usually Read More

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Asia Travel Cannabis Drugs

Happy Pizza

In the foreground a sign for Happiness Pizza, in the background a single red firework, taken in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

What is Happy Pizza in Cambodia? It’s pizza with weed on it. Cambodia weed pizza. Weed is happiness. 🙂 I try only one Happy Pizza joint in Siem Reap during my first visit to Cambodia, and so when I return to Cambodia and visit Phnom Penh, it becomes my mission to try them all. Cambodia Read More

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Bangkok

A sign that reads "Super Pussy" from red light districts of Bangkok

I’ve been to Bangkok around seven times. I usually peruse the red light districts of Bangkok while there, but I’m just a window shopper. Bangkok in general is lovely. I love that it fully caters to my needs as a USAmerican while retaining its own culture vibrantly. Thailand has never been colonized, and that fact Read More