State Auditor Dave Yost says questions about past drug convictions of a consultant who played a key role in Ohio鈥檚 new medical marijuana program, set to begin operation in September, need to be addressed now. He says it鈥檚 time for an investigation.
Yost says he鈥檚 troubled by reports that the consultant who graded applications from companies seeking licenses had drug convictions in his past.
鈥淭his is an epic fail. I鈥檓 outraged,鈥� he said.
Yost questions how someone with those convictions could be hired by the state for $150,000 to do that work.
鈥淚 think this revelation calls into question all of the work that鈥檚 been done.鈥�
Yost, who is running for attorney general, wants current A.G. Mike DeWine, who is running for governor, to start a full investigation into how this consultant was chosen by the Ohio Department of Commerce, the lead agency overseeing Ohio鈥檚 medical marijuana program.
The agency鈥檚 request for proposal for consultants did not ask about past criminal convictions.
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