some activists because he s expressed concern about state legalization efforts. we have no idea what the federal government s going to do. if they step in with an injunction, we won t implement based on the dates but i don t see it stops us putting together the framework. reporter: financial terms are being negotiated and budgets at $100,000 a year. there was a final question for the weed wardens. how many of you currently consume cannabis? clearly, i don t think that s i don t think that s relevant to the project. all of our consultants are law-abiding citizens. something about the way he laughed just got me. all right, mark klyman who we like to call the pot czar and just selected as washington s first marijuana consultant. really appreciate your taking the time, mark. a lot of jokes are made about the job. a pot lover s dream and people
it. and didn t inhale. reporter: instead, the washington state liquor board went corporate choosing an east coast consulting firm to implement the new law legalizing marijuana for the purpose of getting stoned. we look forward to working with the board to address the unprecedented challenge of organizing a cannabis market. reporter: why did they win? they were the highest individual score earls in each of the four categories. reporter: some called the position the state s drug czar. i don t believe that s our official title. reporter: competition for the contract was fierce. we ended up getting a ton of response, actually 112 submissions were received by the agency. 95 of those were actual proposals. out of that we had 43 proposals that were deemed nonresponsive. reporter: hmm. wonder why. the pot head consultant mark klyman is controversial among