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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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    We’re juiced on Super Boof—September 2024’s Leafly HighLight

    David Downs - Published on September 3, 2024

    Black Cherry Punch x Trop Cookies. First thing in the morning.

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  • Leafly Buzz’s premium marijuana strain roundup includes Black Bubblegum Horchata, Point Break, and Panama Red. (David Downs, Sasha Beck/Leafly)

    Leafly Buzz: 12 hot cannabis strains of August 2024

    David Downs - Published on August 15, 2024

    With Black Bubblegum Horchata, Point Break, and Panama Red.

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  • Connected brand Tropical Z. (Courtesy Connected)

    Connected Cannabis Co. Trop Z Drop Party announced for the Sunset Strip

    David Downs - Published on August 12, 2024

    Re-up and vibe out before Labor Day.

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  • series of packaged products from the brand Jetty on a wooden table

    How to avoid smoking weed with pesticides

    David Downs - Published on August 9, 2024

    California voters blazed the trail again.

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  • Super Silver Haze grown by Flora and Flame. (David Downs/Leafly)

    Take first place with Super Silver Haze—August 2024’s Leafly HighLight

    David Downs - Published on August 1, 2024

    Keep going with this unstoppable, classic sativa.

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  • Florida burns at least $200 million burn year on pot prohibition, and probably much more. (Leafly)

    Pot prohibition costs Florida at least $200 million per year

    David Downs - Published on July 25, 2024

    Floridians get to free the weed at the ballot box Nov. 5. What’s at stake? Scores of weed arrests, and at least $200 million per year in tax revenue for a massive, newly-legal economy.  Also, tens of millions of dollars more in criminal justice savings from fewer arrests and prison sentences.  That $200 million figure […]

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  • US hash buyer’s guide to 710 Oil Day 2024 

    David Downs - Published on June 29, 2024

    America, you look so dabbable.

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  • bright-green marijuana cola with fleshy green leaves with many plants seen out-of-focus behind it at an outdoor grow

    Smash summer insomnia with Gush Mints—July 2024’s Leafly HighLight

    David Downs - Published on June 28, 2024

    The nighttime is the right time for this trending indica hybrid.

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  • Get to the golden bear trophy. (Photo by Justin Abrahams, courtesy of CA Cannabis State Faire)

    California State Fair’s cannabis award winners 2024 and how to smoke them

    David Downs - Published on June 26, 2024

    The future keeps happening in California first—this time with world-class weed in the most mainstream setting of all: The state fair. In late June, the California State Fair started notifying the winners of its third annual Cannabis Awards, organized by Embarc. The medal holders on the podium represent the peak of the craft of cannabis […]

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  • best 9 strains for fourth of July

    Works of Fire: America’s best cannabis for 4th of July 2024

    David Downs - Published on June 21, 2024

    With Red Bubblegum, White Mochi, and Blue Lobster.

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