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March 20, 2013

State calls Botec the top pot consultant

  • The liquor control board is doing its own research, but the consultant's advice will also be important in building a pot industry from scratch.
    • By GENE JOHNSON
    Associated Press

    OLYMPIA — Green thumb? Check. Extensive knowledge of the black market? Check.

    Throw in impeccable academic credentials and decades of experience with government agencies, and you have Washington's marijuana consultant — a team advising officials on all things pot as they develop rules for the state's new industry in legal, heavily taxed marijuana.


     
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