Minnesota’s governor is looking to hire a director to oversee the state’s new marijuana regulatory agency that’s being established under a legalization law he enacted last month.
A job posting went live on Friday for the executive director of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM)–a position that Gov. Tim Walz (D) will personally appoint. The office itself will officially be created on Saturday under the law—with legal possession and home cultivation for adults set to officially roll out on August 1.
“The inaugural Director of the Office of Cannabis Management will have responsibility for building a new state agency from the ground up and play a key leadership role in establishing and regulating an emerging new cannabis market in Minnesota,” the job summary says.
“The Director will lead planning and policymaking; regulatory functions including compliance, enforcement, and licensure; social equity; tribal relations; legislative relations and operations management,” it says. “This position will ensure office activities align with statutes, rules and legislation governing the Agency.”
Responsibilities will include overseeing day-to-day operations, managing the office’s staff and budget, directing legislative and rulemaking needs of OCM, developing a regulatory system that ensures a “safe, accessible and ethical cannabis industry,” handling compliance in licensing
Read full article on Marijuana Moment
