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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047302/Pot-sellers-defy-federal-clampdown-hold-medical-marijuana-job-fair.html#ixzz1aQ1MFqkD
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Despite the threat of a crackdown by federal authorities, California medical marijuana sellers have brazenly forged ahead with the first ever medical marijuana job fair.
Defying federal judges' calls for an outright ban, the West Coast Cannabis Expo, a gathering of medical marijuana growers and sellers went ahead with no sign of law enforcement officials.
At a time when many Americans are struggling to make ends meet in the face of job losses, medical marijuana is providing growing work opportunities.
Shut down? A worker at a San Francisco medical marijuana dispensary weighs out an amount of cannabis for a patient
One seller, named only as Larry, told CBS News he gets 10 job applications a day.
Larry said: 'This industry is growing and it’s going to continue to grow. A lot of good things are going to happen for a lot of people.'
Bob Calkin, CEO of CannaJobs, and of the Cannabis Career Institute, said that there were increasing job opportunities.
'Most of the people coming to the classes are retired people or people from another line of work, or business that have either crashed like the real-estate market or some other thing they’re leaving and they want to try something new,' Calkin said.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...medical-marijuana-job-fair.html#ixzz1aV7c3ZFX
Gotta love it.....
Despite the threat of a crackdown by federal authorities, California medical marijuana sellers have brazenly forged ahead with the first ever medical marijuana job fair.
Defying federal judges' calls for an outright ban, the West Coast Cannabis Expo, a gathering of medical marijuana growers and sellers went ahead with no sign of law enforcement officials.
At a time when many Americans are struggling to make ends meet in the face of job losses, medical marijuana is providing growing work opportunities.
Shut down? A worker at a San Francisco medical marijuana dispensary weighs out an amount of cannabis for a patient
One seller, named only as Larry, told CBS News he gets 10 job applications a day.
Larry said: 'This industry is growing and it’s going to continue to grow. A lot of good things are going to happen for a lot of people.'
Bob Calkin, CEO of CannaJobs, and of the Cannabis Career Institute, said that there were increasing job opportunities.
'Most of the people coming to the classes are retired people or people from another line of work, or business that have either crashed like the real-estate market or some other thing they’re leaving and they want to try something new,' Calkin said.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...medical-marijuana-job-fair.html#ixzz1aV7c3ZFX