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Ex-Speaker John Boehner’s ‘Bombshell’ Weed Reversal ‘Monumental’ For Marijuana
The U.S. marijuana industry has a new spokesman: John Boehner. The Republican former Speaker of the House has joined the advisory board of Acreage Holdings, a company that cultivates, processes and dispenses cannabis in 11 U.S. states. Boehner’s endorsement, after saying nine years ago he was “unalterably opposed” to legalization, could be considered a watershed event: Marijuana has gone mainstream.
The Marijuana Industry is the Fastest Growing Job Category in the U.S.
Zip Recruiter is one of the largest job hosting in the country, boasting that it’s helped over 1 million businesses and 100 million job seekers find their next perfect match. According to their analysis, the largest growing job category in the U.S. right now is…marijuana.
Marijuana Industry Needs More Budtenders — Here’s How To Get The Job
One of the most in-demand positions on the scene is the front-of-the-house-sales-professionals known as Budtenders who are the first point of contact for a customer when they step inside a dispensary.
Despite Statewide Legalization, Many California Towns Have Banned Marijuana
Proposition 64 allows individual municipalities to “opt out” of allowing legal canna-businesses in their jurisdictions, and a surprising majority of towns and cities have chosen to do just that. Over a third of the state is a “pot desert” where locals must drive at least 60 miles to find a legal cannabis store.
Forget the Emerald Triangle. The Central Coast is Becoming California’s Weed Hotspot
The Central Coast which covers Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties is now challenging the Emerald Triangle — long the epicenter of cannabis cultivation in California — as the state’s capital of commercial weed.
‘About 89%’ of NFL Players Use Marijuana
Estimates on the percentage of NFL players who use marijuana have been made, but recently retired tight end Martellus Bennett pinned the number pretty high. “I want to say about 89%,” Bennett said on a Bleacher Report podcast.
