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Joshua Askew
Editorial Director
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.
Why I write about this
“Good substance content respects the reader. It doesn't oversimplify, doesn't sensationalise, and doesn't pretend to be medical advice. My job is to make sure every article Azarius publishes meets that bar.”
Areas of expertise
- Editorial oversight
- Multilingual content
- Cannabis publishing
- Psychedelics
External profiles
All wiki articles by Joshua are fact-checked by Azarius's editorial review team before publication.
Articles by Joshua Askew
How To Bake Space Cake
A space cake is a cannabis-infused baked good where THC is extracted into butter or oil before being mixed into batter.
How to Make THC Gummies: Step-by-Step Science Guide
Learn how to make THC gummies at home: decarboxylation, oil infusion, dose maths, and emulsification — with clinical dosage ranges and safety data.
How to Dry Cannabis: Step-by-Step Drying Guide
Learn how to dry cannabis the right way: 7-step protocol, humidity targets, mould prevention and the science behind slow drying.
How to Make Hash Brownies: A Step-by-Step Guide
How to make hash brownies: decarboxylation, dose calculation, baking, and safety — with clinical research on onset, duration and interactions.
How to Make Cannabutter: Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to make cannabutter at home: decarboxylation, stovetop infusion, dosage estimation, and safety guidance backed by clinical research.
How To Choose the Right Vaporizer
Step-by-step guide on how to choose the right vaporizer. Covers heating methods, temperature control, portable vs desktop, and harm reduction basics.
Hawaiian Baby Woodrose Sourcing
Hawaiian baby woodrose sourcing is a practice that covers how to obtain quality Argyreia nervosa seeds — a vine whose seeds contain LSA (lysergic acid amide).
LSA Legal Status in Europe
LSA (lysergic acid amide, or ergine) occupies a legal grey zone across Europe — rarely scheduled as a compound, yet subject to varied NPS legislation that…
Ololiuqui Mazatec Tradition: Ceremonial Seeds of the Sierra Mazateca
Ololiuqui — the seeds of Turbina corymbosa — played a specific ceremonial role among the Mazatec people of Oaxaca, distinct from their better-known use of…
Morning Glory LSA Plants Family
Morning glory LSA plants family is a group of Convolvulaceae vines whose seeds contain d-lysergic acid amide (ergine), a naturally occurring tryptamine first…
Hawaiian Baby Woodrose Plant Botany
Argyreia nervosa, commonly called Hawaiian baby woodrose, is a perennial climbing vine native to the Indian subcontinent, not Hawai'i.
Mescaline Cactus Market Observations
Mescaline cactus market observations is a research and retail term that describes the shifting patterns in sourcing, species selection, and consumption of…
Articles reviewed by Joshua Askew
Lotus Clinical Research Overview
What does lotus clinical research actually show? A critical review of Nymphaea caerulea and Nelumbo nucifera pharmacology, preclinical data, and…
Medicinal Mushrooms TCM Western Pharmacognosy Guide
Guide to medicinal mushrooms TCM Western pharmacognosy — how reishi, lion's mane, cordyceps are classified, extracted, and studied.
Research on Immune Modulation by Functional Mushrooms
What does research on immune modulation by functional mushrooms actually show? Beta-glucans, Dectin-1 signalling, human trials, and the honest gap...
Allergic Reactions & Mushroom Sensitivities
Understand allergic reactions and mushroom sensitivities: mould cross-reactivity, shiitake dermatitis, species-specific risks, and safer product…
Turkey Tail Trametes versicolor — Buy Supplements
Buy turkey tail Trametes versicolor supplements at Azarius. PSK and PSP evidence, beta-glucan dosage, extraction methods, and safety.
Triterpenes In Medicinal Mushrooms
Triterpenes in medicinal mushrooms are a class of 30-carbon terpenoid compounds produced as secondary metabolites by several functional mushroom species…
Kanna South Africa To West History
Sceletium tortuosum was used by San and Khoekhoe communities in southern Africa for centuries before European colonists first documented it in the 1660s.
Sceletium Tortuosum Plant
Learn about the sceletium tortuosum plant: botany, alkaloids, fermentation, safety warnings, and where to buy kanna.
Kanna Pharmacokinetics Explained
Complete guide to kanna pharmacokinetics: how Sceletium tortuosum alkaloids are absorbed, metabolised via CYP2D6, and eliminated.
Kanna Chemistry: Sceletium Alkaloids Explained
Kanna chemistry explained: mesembrine, mesembrenone, their mechanisms, how fermentation and extraction change alkaloid profiles, and why it matters…
Gravity Bongs Explained: How They Work and Why
A gravity bong uses water displacement to pull concentrated smoke into a chamber, then forces it into your lungs under positive pressure.
White Sage Salvia Apiana Cultural Smudging Guide
Salvia apiana is a non-psychoactive shrub native to southern California's coastal sage scrub, burned as ceremonial incense in Indigenous North American…