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Caleb Chen

Caleb Chen is a researcher focused on cannabis diversity, the globalization of Cali weed, differentiated cannabis markets, ethnographies of countercultures, and the kindest bud. To document the search, Caleb founded The Highest Critic in 2018 where he is currently Editor in Chief. Caleb is now a research associate at the Cal Poly Humboldt Cannabis Studies Lab where he published his thesis, Post-Prohibition Changes in Cannabis Genetics. Caleb also volunteers as a trees mod and works as a Budist.

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