David Downs directs news and lifestyle coverage as Leafly’s California Bureau Chief. He's written for WIRED, Rolling Stone, and Billboard, and is the former cannabis editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as the author of several cannabis books including 'Marijuana Harvest'. He co-hosts The Hash podcast and was on the front lines reporting on the cannabis vaping crisis in 2019.
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