Michelle Larson was recently featured in a Minnesota Public Radio News article in relation to her work on protecting public health in the state’s new office of medical cannabis as their program director. Larson is a Ph.D. student in the evaluation studies program track in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD).

It’s Larson’s job to regulate a pot industry that aids the sick — and no one else. She and a staff of about 10 people will oversee two medical marijuana manufacturers picked by a state panel. They’ll also run the state registry, the list of people approved by doctors to buy the drug. It’s never been done in Minnesota before.

Read full article Minnesota’s New Medical Pot Chief Eyes Patient Health, Public Safety by Tim Nelson.