A Youngstown, Ohio medical marijuana cultivator is working to bring those hurt by the War on Drugs into Ohio’s nascent cannabis industry. Brian Kessler helps run the city’s only medical marijuana grow operation, Riviera Creek Holdings, and his team is now helping develop a cannabis industry employment program for people convicted of crimes related to …
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A whirlwind August makes it seem as though Ohio may be the fifth state this year to see retail cannabis legalization in the US. Ohio AG Dave Yost rejected one version of the cannabis bill earlier in the month but approved revised language in the bill late in August. The new law will regulate cannabis …
Ohio’s medical marijuana industry is growing, and it’s also growing in diversity. Ariane Kirkpatrick, a long-time Cleveland entrepreneur, is the owner of Harvest of Ohio. That makes Harvest of Ohio the state’s first medical marijuana dispensary led by a minority woman. The Columbus location, the first of three, recently opened its doors after almost four …
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