SEATTLE (AP)--wanted: a green thumb with extensive knowledge of the black market, or at least grey.
As Washington tries to figure out how to regulate the new marijuana law, officials are hiring an Advisor on all things weeds: how is better cultivated, dried, tested, labeled, packaged and baked into brownies.
Who should work for fishing to learn more Wednesday in Tacoma. The State Liquor Control Board, the Agency in charge of developing rules for the marijuana industry, reserved a conference room with a capacity of 275 people — as well as an overflow room — for its bid to take the experts questions about the position and the hiring process.
"The Liquor Control Board has a long and good relationship with license and regulation. We know this and they know how to do it well, "said spokesman Mikhail Carpenter. "But there are some technical issues with marijuana we could use a consultant to help us with."
Last fall, Washington and Colorado became the first States to pass laws legalizing the recreational use of marijuana and establish systems of State-licensed growers, processors and retail shops where adults over 21 can walk and buy up to an ounce of cannabis heavily taxed. Sales are due to start in Washington State in December.
Both States are working to develop rules for the nascent pot industry. In the air is all about how many farmers and shops there should be, how marijuana should be tested to ensure people do not get sick.
Liquor Control Board of Washington has advertised for consultancy work in four categories. The first is "product knowledge and industry" and requires "at least three years of experience on the hemp industry knowledge, including but not limited to product growth, harvesting, packaging, product infusion and product safety consulting firm."
Other categories cover quality tests, including checking the levels of THC, the compound that gives marijuana high; statistical analysis of how much marijuana should produce state-licensed growers; and the development of standards, a category that requires "a strong understanding of the processes of Government, State, local or federal," with a law degree preferred.
If you do not apply any regulation lawyers growing pot in their spare time, could be awarded multiple contracts. Or tenderers which are strong in one category might cooperate with those who are strong in another. Bids are due on February 15, with the contract awarded in March.
Many of the bidders are expected to come from the medical marijuana world.
Christy Stanley, a Kitsap County resident who has researched marijuana and considered opening a dispensary in the past, said that she is attending the Conference because she wants to work but wants to know if you want to disqualify her from becoming an authorized grower or retailer. She knows the farmers, but has never grown marijuana itself, he said.
"This is great: the nation and the world are looking to us to set a good model," he said. "If it works here, it's just going to this cookie cutter for other States. "
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