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‘Urgent need’ for receiver to run Cannabis Control Commission

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‘Urgent need’ for receiver to run Cannabis Control Commission

The Cannabis Control Commission is broken by the law that established it and needs to be placed under the authority of a receiver by the end of July, the Bay State’s Inspector General told legislative leaders in a letter. Pointing to numerous problems surrounding the ousted commission chair and challenges with the laws structuring the … Read more

Suspended pot boss O’Brien wants ‘fair hearing’ after suspension

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Suspended pot boss O’Brien wants ‘fair hearing’ after suspension

Massachusetts Treasurer Deb Goldberg was inextricably involved in the personnel matters of the state’s cannabis commission despite Beacon Hill lawmakers intending the board to be independent, lawyers for suspended pot boss Shannon O’Brien said. O’Brien’s lawyers used that argument in a Suffolk Superior courtroom as they pushed for a hearing to determine O’Brien’s fate to … Read more