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Greener pastures: Marijuana jobs are becoming a refuge for retail and restaurant workers

The United States now has more legal cannabis workers than dentists, paramedics, or electrical engineers.

Budtender Kelley Dearing helps customers Timothy Benison and Sharon Stricklan with their purchases at the Greenhouse, a recreational and medical marijuana dispensary, in Walled Lake, Mich., on June 7, 2021. An estimated 321,000 Americans now work in the marijuana industry, a 32% increase from last year.
Budtender Kelley Dearing helps customers Timothy Benison and Sharon Stricklan with their purchases at the Greenhouse, a recreational and medical marijuana dispensary, in Walled Lake, Mich., on June 7, 2021. An estimated 321,000 Americans now work in the marijuana industry, a 32% increase from last year.Read moreDaniel Mears / MCT
    by Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post
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