Help Wanted: Marijuana Consultant

[joeybee12]

TACOMA, Wash. - The job description requests an unlikely mix of skills: five years of regulatory experience, with a law degree preferred, and extensive knowledge of all things marijuana.

But that didn't stop dozens of people from turning out Wednesday — in flannel and suits, ponytails and hemp necklaces — to find out more about becoming Washington state's official marijuana consultant.

As officials figure out how to regulate the state's newly legal marijuana, they're hiring an adviser to fill in the gaps of the typical bureaucrat's education: how cannabis is best grown, dried, tested, labeled, packaged, regulated and cooked into brownies.

The Liquor Control Board, the agency charged with developing rules for the marijuana industry, reserved a convention center hall for a state bidding expert to take questions about the position and the hiring process.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/help-wanted-official-marijuana-consultant-no-really-1B8189700

[Bennyboy]

1. You know it....

I got about as much experience with it as anyone.

[Robb]

2. Decades ago I knew a grower/dealer who was readying his résumé for this job.

He was convinced that, when legalization eventually came, his skills would be in demand by the government.

I'm not too big to admit, I laughed at the time.