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Omar Sacirbey

Omar has been a professional journalist since 1998, covering everything from international business and Wall Street to politics and religion. His stories have appeared in Newsweek International, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today and other major outlets. Omar graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1998, and prior to that he was a Bosnian diplomat. He is based in Boston.


Articles by Omar Sacirbey :

Serving the Senior Demographic

In 2009, 55-year-old California resident Bob Leber visited a dispensary for the first time after receiving a medical marijuana recommendation from his doctor to help with nausea.

“A kid handed me an edible with 75 milligrams of THC and said ‘you’ll be out for two days,’” Leber recalled. “That wasn’t what I was trying to do. I was trying to take care of my medical issue and hoping I wouldn’t get stoned.”

Airing It Out

A cultivator can learn everything there is to know about seeds and soil, but creating an ideal environment around the plant is also crucial to growing top-notch cannabis and running a profitable business.

So says cultivation site designer and grower Tim Shaw, the chief operating officer of the marijuana consulting firm MariMed Advisors in Newton, Massachusetts.