In his previous position, Lever was in charge of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which once oversaw the state medical marijuana program.
In 2017, he testified against a recreational marijuana bill before the legislative committee tasked with overhauling Maine’s 2016 legalization referendum, according to the Portland Press Herald.
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