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Bruce Barcott
Bruce is Leafly’s deputy editor. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and author of Weed the People: The Future of Legal Marijuana in America.
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Dave Schmader is a Leafly senior editor. He's the author of the book Weed: The User's Guide. Follow him on Twitter @davidschmader
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Ben Adlin is an editor at Leafly who specializes in politics and the law. Follow him on Twitter: @badlin
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Hayley Fox is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. She writes about cannabis legalization, news, crime, and culture in Southern California and beyond. Her work has been published online and in print for Leafly, Rolling Stone, Playboy, VICE, LA Weekly, and others.
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