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.

Such a nice way to end the day of #harvesting yesterday with a #doublerainbow and a lingering single over the #garden. Hope all of you are enjoying #Croptober. ? #BensonElvis Source: a_wandering_vagabond via Instagram

Lifestyle

These gorgeous cannabis harvest photos will make your day

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Foria Awaken female sexual lubricant SOURCE: Courtesy of Foria

Products

Pot sex lube maker Foria preps new product

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Cali Connection seeds strains SOURCE: Courtesy of Cali Connection

Reviews

The best new strains of 2017, according to Cali Connection

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Kiva Confections marijuana chocolate tour

Food+Drink

Inside California’s leading cannabis chocolatier – Kiva Confections

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Explained

San Francisco’s secret garden — Inside Butterbrand

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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

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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

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SOURCE: Simon Watson | Botanica | Getty Images

Health

Cannabis users’ sex lives are thriving, Stanford study finds

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