Candor
02-01-2013, 04:15 PM
From CNN:
It's a pot-lover's dream. Washington State is looking for a marijuana consultant to help craft its now-legal industry.
But are you qualified? The job requirements are uniquely challenging: At least five years "working experience" doing everything that would land you in federal prison.
Washington legalized marijuana for recreational use during the November elections, and the state's Liquor Control Board detailed the new government contract job in a recent 17-page solicitation.
In its request for proposal, Washington said it wants expertise on how marijuana is "grown, cultivated harvested, cured and processed," along with "experience with cannabis testing" and "establishing quality standards."
The best candidate also needs to figure out how to properly regulate the business -- and forecast how much marijuana each region of the state is going to demand.
"Ideally, we would like one person who has all those characteristics," said board spokesman Mikhail Carpenter.
Carpenter said a criminal record won't be "an immediate disqualifier."
It's a pot-lover's dream. Washington State is looking for a marijuana consultant to help craft its now-legal industry.
But are you qualified? The job requirements are uniquely challenging: At least five years "working experience" doing everything that would land you in federal prison.
Washington legalized marijuana for recreational use during the November elections, and the state's Liquor Control Board detailed the new government contract job in a recent 17-page solicitation.
In its request for proposal, Washington said it wants expertise on how marijuana is "grown, cultivated harvested, cured and processed," along with "experience with cannabis testing" and "establishing quality standards."
The best candidate also needs to figure out how to properly regulate the business -- and forecast how much marijuana each region of the state is going to demand.
"Ideally, we would like one person who has all those characteristics," said board spokesman Mikhail Carpenter.
Carpenter said a criminal record won't be "an immediate disqualifier."