The recently appointed director of Minnesota’s new cannabis regulatory agency, Erin Dupree, has resigned amid reports that she sold illegal cannabis products in the state.
Dupree ran a business that sold products exceeding state limits on THC potency, owed money to former associates, and accumulated tens of thousands of dollars in tax liens, Minnesota Public Radio reported.
Loonacy Cannabis Co – the business Dupree founded in Apple Valley, Minnesota, last year – posted on its now-deactivated TikTok account about its edible products containing 10 milligrams of THC per serving and 150 milligrams per package, although state law only allows hemp-derived edibles to contain up to 5 milligrams of THC per serving and 50 milligrams per package, the Star Tribune reported.
“One of the responsibilities, and I take it and the buck stops with me, is the appointments of literally thousands of people,” said Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz. “In this case, the process did not work, and we got this wrong.”
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