Massachusetts looking for a full-time cannabis connoisseur

It looks like Massachusetts has gone to pot! 

The state’s department of agricultural resources is looking for an inspector who will specialize in cannabis. 

In July 2018, that state will join a growing number of states where adults can buy, sell and smoke marijuana legally.

Last fall, Massachusetts voters legalized cannabis, and state lawmakers have spent the time since then tinkering with the specifics.

The position will enforce the laws and regulations involving hemp and the cultivation of marijuana and will will pay up to $58,000-a-year

In an unusual move, legislators put the entire legalization process on hold for a year while they tackled the details.

Now the state is looking for a cannabis connoisseur among whose duties of the job will include providing ‘education and outreach to stakeholders relative to the enforcement of pertinent laws and regulations,’ and reporting and summarizing inspections, the listing says. 

‘This Inspector position will enforce the laws and regulations involving hemp and overlapping laws and regulations that impact the cultivation of marijuana,’ the description states. 

The job pays between $42,391 and $57,762 a year.

To be in with a chance of securing the job, applicants are required to have degree or higher in fields such as agriculture, biology or chemistry.

They should also have ‘experience or knowledge about Cannabis and how it is regulated in other states’; ‘field experience in a biological setting’; and technical experience in control of pests and use of pesticides.

The department has been tasked with establishing health and safety standards regarding ‘cultivation processing, manufacturing and distribution of marijuana.’