BREAKING: Cannabis Commission Chairperson Suspended

An update to that post that just went out.

Of course, just as I hit publish on today’s newsletter, the Boston Globe confirmed why CCC Shannon O’Brien was not at yesterday’s meeting: She’s been suspended, according to their reports:

State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg has suspended Shannon O’Brien as the state’s top cannabis regulator, removing the former treasurer and one-time gubernatorial nominee only a year after she tapped O’Brien for the position.

O’Brien was suspended on Thursday, according to Andrew Napolitano, a Goldberg spokesperson. Napolitano declined to address why O’Brien was removed from her position as chair of the Cannabis Control Commission or for how long the suspension could last, saying he couldn’t comment further on a “personnel matter.” Goldberg, a Brookline Democrat, is responsible for choosing the marijuana agency’s leader.

More on this next week as this situation develops.