“In the United States there are more legal cannabis workers than electrical engineers. There are more legal cannabis workers than EMTs and paramedics. There are more than twice as many legal cannabis workers as dentists.”
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State-Legal Marijuana Industry to Employ Nearly 300,000 Workers by Year’s End
The analysis projects as many as 295,000 marijuana-related jobs by the close of 2020 – a total that is slightly higher than the total number of computer programmers working in the United States.
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NORML Urges Congress to Provide Small Business Relief to State-Licensed Cannabis Companies
“All that is needed by Congress is the passage of a one line legislative fix to protect tens-of-thousands of American jobs in a supply chain that serves over three million medical marijuana patients.”
Report: Legal Marijuana Industry Employs Over 240,000 Full-Time Workers
“If cannabis industry jobs were tallied like other jobs, legal cannabis would be acknowledged as the fastest growing industry in America.”
Report: Legal Marijuana Industry Employs Over 240,000 Full-Time Workers
“If cannabis industry jobs were tallied like other jobs, legal cannabis would be acknowledged as the fastest growing industry in America.”
Report: Legal Marijuana Industry Employs Over 200,000 Full-Time Workers
The state-licensed cannabis industry gained over 64,000 new employees in 2018, and now employs over 200,000 full-time workers, according to data compiled by Whitney Economics and the online content provider Leafly.com.
Study: Medical Cannabis Access Laws Associated With Fewer Workplace Fatalities
Medical cannabis access programs are associated with year-over-year declines in fatal workplace accidents, according to data published online ahead of print in The International Journal of Drug Policy. Authors concluded, “This reduction may be the result of workers substituting marijuana in place of alcohol and other substances that can impair cognitive function and motor skills.”