As it develops rules for the newly legal marijuana industry, Washington state is looking for some professional help.
On Wednesday, dozens of people turned out for a forum in Tacoma, Wash., organized by the state’s Liquor Control Board, to take questions about the position and the hiring process to become Washington’s first pot consultant.
Mikhail Carpenter, a spokesman for the board, told the Associated Press that the board has a “very good” history with licensing and regulation, “[b]ut there are some technical aspects with marijuana we could use a consultant to help us with.”
From the AP:
The board has advertised for consulting services in four categories. The first is “product and industry knowledge” and requires “at least three years of consulting experience relating to the knowledge of the cannabis industry, including but not limited to product growth, harvesting, packaging, product infusion and product safety.”
Other categories cover quality testing, including how to test for levels of THC, the compound that gets marijuana users high; statistical analysis of how much marijuana the state’s licensed growers should produce; and the development of regulations, a category that requires a “strong understanding of state, local or federal government processes,” with a law degree preferred.
