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David Downs

@davidrdowns

Cannabis Editor |? | San Francisco Chronicle. Award-winning journalist. Best-selling author.

News

World-class shop Buds & Roses joins ranks of California’s recreational cannabis stores

David Downs
Qualified medical cannabis patients may gain the right to work in California. | GreenState file photo
News

Workplace discrimination against California medical cannabis patients may end

David Downs
Midori Mel blows vapor after using the dab rig at Urban Pharm in San Francisco, Calif. Saturday, August 5, 2017.
News

Urban Pharm, Greenwolf top new marijuana store openings in California

David Downs
Kehinde Wiley's portrait of President Barack Obama.
Arts

President Obama’s new Smithsonian portrait is lit AF, says cannabis community

David Downs
News

Travel writer Rick Steves goes to Washington for legal cannabis

David Downs
Emerald Farm Tours begins serving canna-tourists in the Bay Area. | The Chronicle illustration
Travel

San Francisco’s first cannabis tour of 2018 is ready to roll

David Downs
Toast Gold pre-rolls just debuted in the California market.
Products

Toast Gold could have California marijuana abstainers swooning

David Downs
cloudponics grobox
Gardening

Meet the iMac of cannabis cultivation: GroBox

David Downs

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