{"id":9805,"date":"2023-08-22T00:05:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/?p=5764588&amp;preview=true&amp;preview_id=5764588"},"modified":"2023-08-22T00:05:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:05:01","slug":"manager-with-colorado-cannabis-business-is-tapped-to-lead-new-mexicos-team-of-marijuana-regulators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/manager-with-colorado-cannabis-business-is-tapped-to-lead-new-mexicos-team-of-marijuana-regulators\/","title":{"rendered":"Manager with Colorado cannabis business is tapped to lead New Mexico\u2019s team of marijuana regulators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/manager-with-colorado-cannabis-business-is-tapped-to-lead-new-mexicos-team-of-marijuana-regulators\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/manager-with-colorado-cannabis-business-is-tapped-to-lead-new-mexicos-team-of-marijuana-regulators.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>SANTA FE, N.M. \u2014 A manager with one of Colorado\u2019s largest cannabis companies will serve as the next director of New Mexico\u2019s Cannabis Control Division.<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico announced the hiring of Todd Stevens on Monday, saying he has years of experience working in Colorado\u2019s marijuana industry. He most recently served as the manager of training and development at Native Roots Cannabis Co.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Stevens\u2019 appointment follows a year of turnover at the division and comes as regulators try to ramp up enforcement against non-compliant businesses. Most recently, a state district judge granted the division\u2019s request to halt operations at an Albuquerque business that regulators claimed was unlawfully selling out-of-state cannabis products and manufacturing extracts without a proper license or permit.<\/p>\n<p>Stevens said in a statement that he wanted to help the industry become an economic driver while protecting consumer safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past year, New Mexico has established a thriving new industry, licensed more than 2,000 cannabis businesses, and held those businesses to the high standard that comes with an adult-use cannabis market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>During his time in Colorado, Stevens was part of the design and development of training and recertification for more than 200 retail employees and oversaw operations at five dispensaries.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/newsletters\">Want to get the latest marijuana news from around the country? Sign up for The Cannabist, our weekly newsletter, now.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>A manager with one of Colorado&#8217;s largest cannabis companies will serve as the next director of New Mexico&#8217;s Cannabis Control Division. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7938,77,9,295,5019,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[7939,2655,2873,5022],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}