The chief regulator of the biggest adult-use cannabis market in the country is stepping down.
Nicole Elliott, director of the California Department of Cannabis Control since 2021, will leave the position at the end of the year, she announced on Friday.
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“I am not stepping away because the mission is complete,” Elliott posted on LinkedIn. “I am stepping away because the foundation is strong.”
“This work has been one of the great privileges of my life,” her post added in part. “Not because it was easy, but because it mattered.
“Building public trust is hard work. Doing it in real time, under scrutiny, in a complex and evolving industry, is even harder.”
A successor was not named.
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