Marijuana industry employment is expected to see an annual growth of 220 percent in 2019. This post from Westword takes a closer look at the ranking of marijuana jobs by paycheck. The legal marijuana industry is booming, according to a new report from one of commercial pot's largest job recruiters. But which jobs are paying the most? In a recent analysis of the marijuana ... Continue Reading
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Bill to Protect Cannabis Industry from Future President
Republican Diana DeGette is reintroducing a bill to take the option of shutting down cannabis industry away from any future president. This post from High Times reports the announcement of plans to reintroduce a preemptive measure against any adverse federal action that could put a stop to legal pot sales. While the Obama Administration has been allowing legal marijuana ... Continue Reading
Councilman Asks Boulder City to Redo ‘Out of Step’ Marijuana Regulations
Boulder City Councilman Macon Cowles is seeking a relaxation of some of the city's more strict recreational and medical marijuana regulations. This post from The Cannabist discusses Cowles’ four-page memo seeking changes and the Mayor’s response. Macon Cowles wants his fellow City Council members to throw out Boulder’s strict marijuana business regulations and instead adopt ... Continue Reading
Narcs Play Party-Poopers in the High Times Cannabis Cup
In this post from BuzzFeed News, Amanda Chicago Lewis reports that pot businesses looking for a carefree party at the High Times Cannabis Cup in Colorado on 4/20 instead found a strictly regulated environment closely watched by law enforcement. This past Saturday, two plainclothes law enforcement officers spent several hours wandering the High Times Cannabis Cup in Denver in ... Continue Reading