Author
Monsaur Othman
Monsaur Othman is the editor and named byline for The Whole Read, The Highline Report and Home Health Brief. He reviews each story before it is published.
Background
- CEO and President of Carelink Home Health and Link Home Care (Illinois home health and home care).
- CEO and President of High Haven (Darien, Normal and Elgin, Illinois) and Aces Dispensary (Plainfield, Illinois), licensed adult-use cannabis dispensaries.
- Manager of CareOS AI LLC, which develops the CareOS AI electronic medical record.
Conflicts of interest
- Home Health Brief: Monsaur owns home health and home care agencies, and CareOS AI LLC publishes this site and builds an EMR product. Stories that mention Carelink, Link Home Care or CareOS AI say so.
- The Highline Report: Monsaur operates Illinois dispensaries (High Haven and Aces Dispensary). The site is kept editorially separate from them and doesn't sell or promote their products. Stories about Illinois retail, taxes or advertising carry a disclosure.
- The Whole Read: Plumb Line ratings follow our published method and rate individual claims, not people or outlets.
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How these stories are made
Stories are drafted with AI assistance from primary sources and reviewed by Monsaur before they are published. See How we use AI.
Recent stories
- Illinois now allows dispensary drive-throughs and 2 a.m. closing, but cities like Peoria get a say
- Starting Nov. 12, Illinois treats hemp products over 0.4 mg of THC as cannabis, a month before the federal limit
- Illinois proposes rules for at least 45 social equity cannabis infuser licenses, with a lottery bonus for hemp businesses
- Cannabis on the Nov. 3 ballot: Massachusetts votes on ending retail adult-use sales, and Idaho on who holds the power to legalize
- The federal hemp redefinition arrives in two steps: synthetic cannabinoids on Nov. 12, the total-THC limits on Dec. 11
- Illinois cannabis advertising rules, explained: what Section 55-20 bans and where ads can't go