A Trulieve Cannabis marijuana facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts, was already under investigation by state regulators when an employee died in January after allegedly inhaling dust on the job.
According to The Boston Globe, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) began investigating the facility in the fall of 2021 because of worker complaints.
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But CCC Chair Shannon O’Brien and Commissioner Bruce Stebbins told the Globe last week they hadn’t learned of the death of 27-year-old Lorna McMurrey until a September report by the Young Jurks podcast.
O’Brien also told the newspaper that the investigation is still underway but did not explain why the probe has taken so long or when it will be complete.
A CCC spokesperson told the Globe that Trulieve, a Florida-based multistate operator, reported the incident to the agency on Jan. 10, several days after McMurrey’s death.
The spokesperson told the newspaper the CCC’s staff did
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