Pennsylvania has hired a public administrator with a private-sector background as the first director of its fledgling Office of Medical Marijuana, health secretary Karen Murphy said Thursday.
John J. Collins, an assistant administrator in the state Division of HIV Disease, will be paid $76,519 a year to steer the implementation of Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program. That process is slated to be complete by early 2018, about two years after Gov. Wolf signed a law to legalize some forms of the therapy.
"Throughout my career, I've always been focused on the patient and delivering the highest-quality products and services," Collins said in a call with reporters. He's scheduled to begin his new job Monday.
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