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EPISODE · Mar 9, 2022 · 8 MIN

Cannabis Jobs Report

from The Talking Hedge · host Josh Kincaid

Federal prohibition prevents the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics from counting state-legal marijuana jobs. The 2022 Leafly Jobs Report found 428,059 full-time equivalent jobs supported by legal cannabis as of January 2022. Last year, the cannabis industry created an average of 280 new jobs per day. That’s a 33% increase in jobs in a single year. And it marks the fifth year in a row of annual jobs growth greater than 27%. Those 428,059 jobs include direct cannabis jobs like cultivation and retail sales—what are often called “plant-touching jobs”—as well as indirect ancillary jobs that serve licensed companies or depend on legal cannabis sales. Episode 903 The #TalkingHedge looks at Leafly's report...https://youtu.be/S2TmI7HqtJ0 

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Federal prohibition prevents the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics from counting state-legal marijuana jobs. The 2022 Leafly Jobs Report found 428,059 full-time equivalent jobs supported by legal cannabis as of January 2022. Last...

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