The cannabis business background of Massachusetts’ director of marijuana testing is raising eyebrows among industry watchers already concerned about the way state regulators are treating MJ companies.
James Kocis became the director of testing for the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) last October after years of working in the marijuana testing industry.
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At a legislative hearing last week, a lobbyist representing local testing labs called the CCC “unpredictable” and “unaccountable.”
A testing industry executive, meanwhile, alleged that Massachusetts faces “a big problem” of marijuana businesses shopping for favorable lab results – and that hiring a former lab employee to fix the situation at the very least presents the appearance of a possible conflict.
Before being tapped as the state’s marijuana testing director, Kocis worked as a manager for several years at Green Analytics, a cannabis lab in Framingham.
Green Analytics’ testing practices have come under scrutiny
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