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David Downs
David Downs
Leafly Senior Editor David Downs is the former Cannabis Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. He's appeared on The Today Show, and written for Scientific American, The New York Times, WIRED, Rolling Stone, The Onion A/V Club, High Times, and many more outlets. He is a 2023 judge for The Emerald Cup, and has covered weed since 2009.

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  • Georgia Apple Pie grown by Sense SF (David Downs/Leafly)

    Serve yourself some Georgia Pie—August’s Leafly HighLight strain

    David Downs - Published on July 31, 2023

    Gelatti x Kush Mints keeps the party lit.

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  • The Hollywood sign is seen vandalized Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Los Angeles residents awoke New Year's Day to find a prankster had altered the famed Hollywood sign to read "HOLLYWeeD." Police have also notified the city's Department of General Services, whose officers patrol Griffith Park and the area of the rugged Hollywood Hills near the sign. California voters in November approved Proposition 64, which legalized the recreational use of marijuana, beginning in 2018. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

    Video: Hollywood stars score at Urbn Leaf—1st shop on the Sunset Strip

    David Downs - Published on July 19, 2023

    Hollyweed Stars: What do they smoke? Do they smoke things? Let’s find out!

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  • car, cannabis, traveling, driving with marijuana

    Traveling with weed? Here’s some tips for the upcoming travel season

    David Downs - Published on July 18, 2023

    New legalization states, decriminalization countries, and new rules for hemp and CBD.

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  • (Gillian Levine for Leafly)

    Science chat: Dissecting the new study on cannabis abuse and depression

    David Downs - Published on July 14, 2023

    Correlation is not causation. And detection bias is real.

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  • Team Elite Genetics Pearadise (Peach Ozz x Kosher Kush) (David Downs/Leafly)

    Feed that sweet tooth some Peach Ringz—July’s Leafly HighLight strain

    David Downs - Published on July 7, 2023

    Sour, stone fruit, and fuel for the win.

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  • Best cannabis strains for spring 2025 include Gelonade, RS-11, Hash Burger, and Permanent Marker.

    America’s searing hot cannabis Strains of Summer 2023

    David Downs - Published on June 21, 2023

    Fresh G.O.A.T. Milk, hot Trop Cherry, and classic Super Sour Diesel.

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  • (Leafly)

    America’s best Jack Herer for Jack Herer Day and beyond

    David Downs - Published on June 16, 2023

    Power up with this revolutionary sativa hybrid.

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  • The US' best weed cities in 2023 include Portland, Denver, and more. Read the details. Above, smelling the flowers at Flore in San Francisco. (Jamie Soja for Leafly)

    We visited America’s cutest gay pot shop—Flore

    David Downs - Published on June 8, 2023

    Inside the new Castro District cannabis boutique—Flore.

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  • You should know Watermelon Z, June's Leafly HighLight. (Leafly)

    Fire up summer with Watermelon Zkittlez—June’s Leafly HighLight

    David Downs - Published on June 1, 2023

    Taste the strain, bro.

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  • Cannabis stars, born weekly. Leafly Strain News Weekly. Above, Compound Genetics’ Double Up.

    Grape Stank strain wins two ways at Oregon Leaf Bowl

    David Downs - Published on May 31, 2023

    Strains are celebs on Leafly, and Strain News Weekly is our Society Pages.

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