Conflict of Interest Provisions in State Laws Governing Medical and Adult Use Cannabis.

ABSTRACT: Although the acceleration of cannabis legalization in the United States has spurred innovations in public administration and policymaking, there have been news accounts of public employees engaged in cannabis licensure or enforcement that constitute conflicts of interest (COIs). After conducting 3 surveys in 50 states (including Washington, DC as a state), we found that COI provisions pertaining to cannabis-related public employment fell into 2 categories: subject matter general and cannabis specific. Only 20% (6/30) of the states that legalized medical cannabis had COI provisions in their medical cannabis codes, whereas the remaining 80% rely on subject matter general provisions relating to all areas of regulated subject matter, highlighting the need for thoughtful creation of COI rules i

SUBMITTER: Bowling CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366528 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature