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David Downs
David Downs
Leafly Senior Editor David Downs is the former Cannabis Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. He's appeared on The Today Show, and written for Scientific American, The New York Times, WIRED, Rolling Stone, The Onion A/V Club, High Times, and many more outlets. He is a 2023 judge for The Emerald Cup, and has covered weed since 2009.

417 total articles - Page 30 of 42

  • cbd drug test

    Can CBD show up on a drug test?

    David Downs - Published on November 21, 2019

    While CBD is not likely to cause you to fail a drug test, a buildup of trace THC in CBD products can hurt job prospects, as can false positives. Pass a drug test with help from this FAQ.

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  • How to read a CBD label

    David Downs - Published on November 21, 2019

    CBD oil and other products come in myriad packages—here’s the key to deciphering what you need to know.

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  • marijuana legalization, congress, cannabis, congress

    Nationwide cannabis legalization bill advances on Capitol Hill

    David Downs - Published on November 20, 2019

    Marijuana legalization advocates are making historic advances in Congress. Read the details.

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  • michigan marijuana sales opening

    Surprise! Michigan adult-use cannabis sales begin Dec. 1

    David Downs - Published on November 13, 2019

    Just in time for Christmas: Michigan officials will allow 12 stores to open within weeks. (Sorry, not you, Detroit.)

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  • california medical marijuana cards

    Code Blue! California’s medical cannabis ID card system has collapsed

    David Downs - Published on November 11, 2019

    In a state with 40 million people, only 4,551 patients obtained the official patient card last fiscal year.

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  • On Nov. 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Aug. 30 Leafly findings of a new, toxic cutting agent in the illicit THC vape cart supply chain—vitamin E acetate. Above, a woman using a vaping device in Mayfield Heights, Ohio (Tony Dejak/AP)

    Vape injury update: CDC confirms vitamin E acetate as ‘very strong culprit’

    David Downs - Published on November 8, 2019

    The CDC identified vitamin E acetate, a cutting agent used in illicit market THC vape cartridges, present in 29 of 29 lung fluid samples from patients in 10 states.

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  • Here’s why there are so few legal cannabis stores in Los Angeles

    David Downs - Published on October 31, 2019

    The city of 4 million has no target dates for more licensed, operational stores in the next two years.

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  • More free marijuana will go to the sick, dying, and poor under Senate Bill SB 34 signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom Oct. 12. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)

    Gifting cannabis to the terminally ill becomes tax-exempt in California

    David Downs - Published on October 29, 2019

    Under Prop. 64 it actually cost money to give away medicine to patients in need. But how much can growers afford to give?

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  • Prices are up on strong demand and limited supplies in the legal cannabis markets this harvest season. In a 2016 photo, a southern Colorado farmworker helps prepare a five-ton harvest on 36 acres. (Brennan Linsley/AP)

    Farmers rejoice: Harvest season flips to seller’s market

    David Downs - Published on October 15, 2019

    Prices are up for outdoor cannabis in the legal states, buoying farmers, but frustrating deal-hunters.

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  • This combination of Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, photos provided by the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office shows booking photos of Lev Parnas, left, and Igor Fruman. The associates of Rudy Giuliani, were arrested on a four-count indictment that includes charges of conspiracy, making false statements to the Federal Election Commission and falsification of records. The men had key roles in Giuliani's efforts to launch a Ukrainian corruption investigation against Biden and his son, Hunter. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP) / (nikamata/iStock) / U.S. District Court indictment document

    Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine fixers indicted in US cannabis corruption scheme

    David Downs - Published on October 10, 2019

    Three Soviet Union-born US citizens linked to Rudy Guilani and Ukraine have been indicted for illegal campaign donations in Nevada.

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