State Treasurer Deb Goldberg fired O’Brien nearly a year later in September 2024 for “gross misconduct” and being “unable to discharge the power and duties of a CCC commissioner”
“The Committee will be inviting various Massachusetts cannabis industry stakeholders to testify.” Chief concerns include “proper channels of accountability within the agency structure.”
The ball is now in the treasurer’s in Goldberg’s court to fire O’Brien or let her resume her position as commission chair
At one point during Thursday’s meeting, Commissioner Roy read a letter from the CCC’s chief of research saying, “We don’t need an agency fighting with each other.”
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“Concerns around gas station weed keep me up at night.”
The poll also asked how residents feel about the current cannabis regulatory system generally
Cannabis regulators vote to scrap “burdensome” “two-driver” rule. “We have met with delivery operators and couriers to truly understand. … It was a collaborative conversation.”
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