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1 month ago | 
ilovetheupperwestside.com | Melissa Schiller
Take a walk on the Upper West Side on a nice day, and you are bound to run into one of the neighborhood’s ubiquitous dog walkers with a pack of parallel pooches. You may wonder: Who is that mysterious walker? Where is the pack headed? And how are the dogs so well-behaved, in near-lockstep with each other? Three of the neighborhood’s professional dog walkers open up about what it takes to work in one of NYC’s most dog-centric locations.
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2 months ago | 
ilovetheupperwestside.com | Melissa Schiller
Photographers, artists, and nature lovers take us through a visual tour of what the park means to them. Ducks gliding across a pond. Musical hopefuls strumming Beatles tunes at Strawberry Fields. A bride-to-be’s photo session. An artist with their sketchpad. Central Park holds so many memories for millions, memories ranging from the mundane to life’s special events. Contributors share their work that captures a moment in the storied park’s time.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
todaysmedicaldevelopments.com | Melissa Schiller
C&J Industries, a 215,000ft2 operation in Meadville, Pennsylvania, offers plastic injection molding backed by quality and engineering support – and recently expanded its operation to meet growing customer demand. The company launched in 1962 and offers ISO 13485 and 9001 certified and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and UL registered, Class 8 Cleanroom Molding, Class 7 Cleanroom Assembly, and White Room Molding.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
cannabisbusinesstimes.com | Melissa Schiller
Matt Shansky, CEO and general manager of vertically integrated, Arkansas-based medical cannabis operator The ReLeaf Center, says the company seeks passionate employees that not only understand their “why,” but also help the company maintain its culture and commitment to patients. “‘Why’ is a big piece of us,” Shansky says. “We really want to establish why we do what we do first and then focus on who and what that may be.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
cannabisbusinesstimes.com | Melissa Schiller
Harvest of Ohio is a family- and Black-owned business led by CEO Ariane Kirkpatrick, Kirkpatrick’s sister and the company’s Chief Operating Officer Amonica Davis, and several other family members who help steer the vertically integrated medical cannabis and soon-to-be adult-use operation. Director of Marketing Keya Kellum says family values are at the core of the business, with honesty and transparency at the forefront.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
cannabisbusinesstimes.com | Melissa Schiller
Thailand, which decriminalized cannabis two years ago, now appears to be reversing course on its policy with a ban on adult use in an effort to crack down on a largely unregulated market. Thailand’s Narcotics Control Board dropped cannabis from the ministry’s list of controlled drugs, which established the de facto decriminalization of cannabis in the country and paved the way for home grows.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
cannabisbusinesstimes.com | Melissa Schiller
After a Senate-approved medical cannabis legalization bill languished in the North Carolina House the past two years in a row, a poll released this month reveals that roughly 8 in 10 North Carolinians support the legislative push to legalize cannabis for medical purposes. A Meredith Poll, which surveyed 760 people Jan. 26-31, shows that 78% of respondents support the passage of medical cannabis legislation, while only 18% said they oppose legislative reform efforts.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
cannabisbusinesstimes.com | Melissa Schiller
A New York lawmaker has introduced legislation to revamp the state’s medical cannabis program, in part by allowing out-of-state patients to shop at New York’s medical dispensaries. Sen. Jeremy Cooney, D-Rochester, is sponsoring a bill that would not only provide reciprocity to nonresidents enrolled in other states’ medical cannabis programs, but would also allow patients to access prerolls, according to a Syracuse.com report.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
cannabisbusinesstimes.com | Melissa Schiller
Lawmakers in the Florida Senate Health Policy Committee advanced a bill Feb. 6 that would limit the THC potency of adult-use cannabis products before voters even have the opportunity to weigh in on a potential adult-use cannabis ballot measure. The committee voted, 7-3, to pass Senate Bill 7050, which would cap the THC in smokeable products at 30% and limit the THC in concentrates and vaporizers to 60%.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
cannabisbusinesstimes.com | Melissa Schiller
The Congressional Research Service indicated in a report this week that the lack of banking services offered to the cannabis industry makes businesses “a target for theft” and suggested policy issues Congress should explore as it relates to cannabis banking. The report, published Feb. 6, describes the disparity in federal and state cannabis laws that leave many banks hesitant to offer financial services to state-legal cannabis businesses.
