Our writers
Our writers
Our wiki is written by named contributors with direct experience in the substances, products, and categories we sell. Every article has a named author and is reviewed by Joshua Askew of Yuqo.
Joshua Askew
Editorial Director
Managing Director at Yuqo
Joshua Askew serves as Editorial Director for Azarius wiki content. He is Managing Director at Yuqo, a content agency specialising in cannabis, psychedelics and ethnobotanical editorial work across multiple languages. The Yuqo team brings collective experience across the cannabis and psilocybin industries, working with retailers, brands and publishers to produce research-grounded consumer content. As Editorial Director, Joshua provides strategic oversight for the Azarius editorial programme — setting editorial standards, reviewing methodology, and ensuring content quality across languages and categories.
Adam Parsons
Senior Writer & Reviewer
External contributor
Adam Parsons is an external cannabis and psychedelics writer and editor who contributes to Azarius's wiki as both author and reviewer. On the writing side, he authors Azarius's kratom and kanna clusters, drawing on extensive experience with cannabinoid science and harm-reduction communication. On the reviewing side, he provides independent editorial oversight across other high-YMYL substance categories — verifying claim accuracy, citation integrity, and safety framing. He is external to Azarius and has no commercial stake in product sales, preserving editorial independence on safety and dosage topics.
Luke Sholl
Cannabis Cultivation, Cannabinoids & Smartshop Contributor
External contributor since 2026
Luke Sholl has been writing about cannabis, cannabinoids, and the broader benefits of nature since 2011, and has personally grown cannabis in home grow tents for more than a decade. That first-hand cultivation experience — spanning the full seed-to-harvest lifecycle across soil, coco, and hydroponic setups — informs every cultivation article he writes. His work also spans adjacent areas within the smartshop and headshop space, including kratom, salvia, magic mushrooms, truffles, and grow kits, where he focuses on education, safety, and informed use.
Toine Verleijsdonk
Manager
Manager at Azarius, 12 years prior at Cibdol
Toine Verleijsdonk is Manager at Azarius. Before joining the Azarius team, he spent 12 years at Cibdol, a European CBD brand, where he developed deep operational knowledge of cannabidiol products, extract types, industry regulatory context, and the European CBD market. That inside-industry background informs his editorial role on Azarius's CBD and cannabinoid content, where he reviews articles for accuracy against real product-development and market realities.