NJ: Murphy Appoints New Cannabis Commissioner – She Still Needs To Be Confirmed By State Senate

 

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday appointed medical business executive Amelia Mapp, the wife of Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp, to replace an outgoing member of the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission.

Mapp is taking over for Commissioner Charles Barker, who is departing the agency after serving on the panel since 2021, where he developed a reputation for being critical of the Murphy administration’s efforts on social justice within the cannabis sector and of the outsized role that large corporations have taken in the state’s marijuana trade, NJ.com reported.

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Shakeup at New Jersey cannabis commission

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https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/09/murphy-boots-leading-critic-of-big-weed-corporations-from-nj-cannabis-commission.html

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