Murphy boots leading critic of big weed corporations from N.J. cannabis commission

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Charles Barker, one of the Cannabis Regulatory Commission’s most outspoken critics of big cannabis corporations, is being replaced by the Murphy administration.

The administration has announced Barker’s replacement is Amelia Mapp, a Union County Board of Taxation Commissioner and wife of Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp. She has a background in the pharmaceutical industry as an accounts payable specialist, according to her LinkedIn.

“The governor thanks Commissioner Barker for his service on the Cannabis Regulatory Commission over the past three and a half years and for his work establishing an equitable adult-use cannabis market in New Jersey, with social justice at the forefront,” the administration said in a statement on Friday. “We look forward to Commissioner-designate Amelia Mapp continuing to build upon this important work on the Commission.”