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Massachusetts is looking for an inspector for the state’s newest crop: cannabis.

Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Tuesday that field sobriety tests typically used in drunken-driving cases cannot be treated as conclusive evidence that a motorist was operating under the influence of marijuana.

Longtime advocates, veterans activists, patients, allies, even Potsquatch and a mayoral candidate came out to enjoy a new era.

The newly appointed board that will regulate marijuana in Massachusetts met publicly for the first time Tuesday, more than 10 months after voters voted to legalize recreational cannabis.

The state’s top marijuana regulator pledged to implement Massachusetts’ recreational cannabis law and do his best to meet an ambitious timetable for licensing and opening retail stores.

She’s one of three named to fill out the five-person panel that will oversee the state’s adult-use industry.

Steven Hoffman is a former partner at Bain and Co., where he headed the firm’s Boston office. By law, officials must appoint three more people by Friday.

Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, who opposed last year’s cannabis legalization initiative, is the first appointee to the five-member Cannabis Control Commission.

One continuing hurdle for law enforcement is the lack of a reliable scientific test, similar to a breath test for alcohol, to measure THC impairment.

The race is on to assemble the five-member board that will oversee recreational and medical marijuana in Massachusetts.