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David Downs

@davidrdowns

GreenState founder David Downs is an award-winning freelance journalist and best-selling author based in San Francisco, with appearances in WIRED, Rolling Stone, The Onion, New York Times, and Scientific American. He is a 2025 Mendo Cup Judge.

The Standard and Lord Jones partner
Lifestyle

The Standard hotel, Lord Jones planning swanky retail cannabis store in Hollywood

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tech in cannabis
Money

Which huge tech companies are touching cannabis?

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cannabis fires
News

Wildfires expose glaring lack of cannabis insurance

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Small cannabis farmer outlook
News

Will small cannabis farmers survive?

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Bay Area C.R.A.F.T. Sour Girl SOURCE: David Downs
Lifestyle

Shopping List: Ten hot cannabis flavors of the summer

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The Harvest dispensary, April 19, 2016 in San Francisco, Calif. SOURCE: Leah Mills
News

Forecast: Bumpy, slow roll-out for California cannabis legalization

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SOURCE: Courtesy of Sonoma County Growers Alliance
News

California cannabis industry will absorb wildfire losses

David Downs
Supervisor Dale Ramos harvests plants to be processed at Butterbrand Farms on Friday, August 18, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif. SOURCE: Liz Hafalia
News

California Blooming!

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