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David Downs

@davidrdowns

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

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Products

Pot sex lube maker Foria preps new product

David Downs
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Reviews

The best new strains of 2017, according to Cali Connection

David Downs
Kiva Confections marijuana chocolate tour
Food+Drink

Inside California’s leading cannabis chocolatier – Kiva Confections

David Downs
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Explained

San Francisco’s secret garden — Inside Butterbrand

David Downs
Goldman and partner Michael Koehn enjoy a Volcano vaporizer --- a desktop unit that fills a bag with cannabis vapor. Vaporizers cut out the carcinogens associated with smoking cannabis. PHOTO: Michael Short for San Francisco Chronicle
Health

Seniors are surging into cannabis country

David Downs
Grenco’s G Pen Elite flower vape for marijuana pros is challenging the Pax 2 as the best vaporizer of the year.
Hardware

Best Bets: Grenco G Pen Elite vape review

David Downs
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Health

Cannabis users’ sex lives are thriving, Stanford study finds

David Downs
Cannabis industry rallies for California wildfire relief
News

Cannabis industry rallies for California wildfire relief

David Downs

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