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   ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – One day after Governor Walz named Erin Dupree   
   the new director of Minnesota’s office of cannabis management, she will no   
   longer take the role.   
      
   Dupree currently is the vice president of Apple Valley based Loonacy   
   Cannabis Company. The company sells hemp and cannabis products.   
      
   In a statement released Friday evening Dupree said she has become a   
   distraction standing in the way of important work.   
      
   This evening I sent a letter to the Governor that I will not be going   
   forward as the Director of the Office of Cannabis Management. This is an   
   industry I am passionate about, and care deeply for; my skills, experience   
   and expertise made me the right person for this job at this moment. I have   
   never knowingly sold any noncompliant product, and when I became aware of   
   them I removed the products from inventory. Conducting lawful business has   
   been an objective of my business career. However, it has become clear that   
   I have become a distraction that would stand in the way of the important   
   work that needs to be done.   
      
   Erin Dupree   
   Walz has not announced who will replace Dupree in the role.   
      
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   says-she-will-not-take-role/   
      
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