The Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation is currently looking for advisors for a Cannabis Advisory Committee to help them as the state has set up rules to govern the cannabis industry.
The laws passed by U.S Legislature in 2015 for medical cannabis and the recreational legitimization measure voters endorsed in November set up comparative overall administrative systems identified with manufacturing, development, fabrication, sales, and transport and other aspects related to cannabis market. State organizations are entrusted with developing particular principles that will be enhancing the new laws.
In the meantime, legislators are making enactments to restore all the differences and disputes between the two different laws laid out for licensing, distribution, authorizing, and other important issues.
The state is aiming to create a single administrative framework for both therapeutic and recreational cannabis before this year gets over. There are some who are questioning the possibility of setting up a model for a multi-billion dollar industry in such a brief span of time.
The medical marijuana was legalized in the year 1996 in California, and then it took two decades for the legislators to approve the storage licensing of cannabis in 2015, and they have given themselves until 2018 to set up necessary system and agencies for rolling out marijuana to business sectors.
It is legal to use and store marijuana in California with some little restrictions; the consumers cannot purchase it without an authorized medical marijuana card. The recreational cannabis businesses are expected to get their license by next year.
To roll out licenses, the state will be developing certain regulations on testing, growing, tracking, taxation, and delivery to ensure that all the people of California are using products that are safe and the state receives their tax efficiently.
To help cater to the state’s new laws, the advisors will be teamed as an advisory committee, which will be working with public health departments, food, and agriculture, and the Cannabis Bureau for assisting in the growth of “regulations that protect public health and safety while ensuring a regulated market that helps reduce the illicit market for cannabis.”
The Director of Consumer Affairs, Mr Awet Kidane will be in chargeof selecting the members and supervising the committee. The Bureau expects that the individuals enlisted in their committee should be from public health, labor unions, cannabis industry, and state or local organizations among others.
The bureau said it would acknowledge applications for no less than one month. The positions will not be paid any incentives, although travel-related expenditures will be covered.
