Head of Alaska's Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office to Step Down

Cynthia Franklin, the director of Alaska's Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office who has overseen the rollout of legal pot in the state, is resigning.

Franklin announced her resignation to members of the Alcohol and Marijuana control boards on Wednesday afternoon, in an email forwarded to Alaska Dispatch News.

"I have so enjoyed working with each of you over the past two plus years. I have tremendous faith in you and your missions, and believe that we have the right members on the right boards to serve and protect the people of Alaska, as well as encourage commerce and trade," Franklin wrote in the email.

Franklin's last day will be Jan. 6, she wrote.

She will be taking a position as an assistant attorney general in the Consumer Protection Unit, she wrote in an email to Chris Hladick, commissioner of the state Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Her resignation notice to...

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