O'Brien returns to CCC chair post, leads 1st public meeting since lengthy reinstatement battle

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By James Paleologopoulos

Published October 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM EDT

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FILE - A Cannabis Control Commission meeting held on Sept. 8, 2023, led by then-CCC Chair Shannon O'Brien (center, reading document). — FILE - A Cannabis Control Commission meeting held on Sept. 8, 2023, led by CCC Chair Shannon O'Brien (center, reading document), shortly before her suspension, firing and reinstatement - a two-year-long battle that ended last month.

Once suspended and then fired, the head of a commission regulating pot in Massachusetts is back – following a lengthy court battle that ended with her reinstatement. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos reports.

This piece originally aired Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025