New Cannabis Control Commissioner

New Cannabis Control Commissioner Staunch Opponent of Legal Pot

This week, Governor Charlie Baker appointed State Senator Jennifer Flanagan, a Leominster Democrat, to become one of the five-member Cannabis Control Commission. She is set to resign her current seat by month end to take on the responsibility of licensing retail marijuana businesses and regulating the growing recreational weed industry. Interestingly, Ms. Flanagan opposed the ballot question in 2016, which made recreational use legal for adults, and has been focusing primarily on substance abuse and mental health issues during her time in Legislature. Her new duties commence on September 1 this year. The Senate will now hold a special election to fill her seat, which will be its third since beginning its session in January. Ms. Flanagan is the second senator this year to leave Legislature for a new job. Before election to the Senate in 2008 as representative of the Middlesex and Worcester District, which includes Gardner, Fitchburg, Leominster, …

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