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New Mexico taps Colorado industry insider as new top cannabis regulator

New Mexico’s marijuana regulatory authority has selected Todd Stevens, a veteran of Colorado’s Native Roots Cannabis Co., to serve as the state’s MJ chief.

Stevens’ “experience as an industry leader made him the ideal candidate to take the lead” at the Cannabis Control Division (CCD) of New Mexico’s Regulation and Licensing Department, the agency’s superintendent, Linda Trujillo, said in a news release.

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“I am confident in his ability to lead this team and make New Mexico’s regulated cannabis industry one to rival,” she added.

Stevens served as a manager at Native Roots since 2015, most recently acting as the company’s head of training and development, according to the release.

“In the past year, New Mexico has established a thriving new industry, licensed more than 2,000 cannabis businesses, and held those businesses to the high standard that comes with an adult-use cannabis market,” Stevens said in a

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