Marijuana Industry Sees Record Jobs Gains In 2020 Despite Pandemic, New Report Shows.
The marijuana industry added more than 77,000 jobs over the past year—a 32 percent increase that makes the sector the fastest in job creation compared to any other American industry, according to a new report from the cannabis company Leafly. In total, there are now approximately 321,000 full-time jobs in the marijuana sector across 37 […]
North Carolina Farmers Urge a 1% THC Cap as Regulatory Confusion Settles on 2020 Growing Season
North Carolina hemp farmers continue to work, for now, under the 2014 Farm Bill’s industrial hemp pilot program. Because that legal framework expires in October, hemp farmers in North Carolina are anxiously awaiting word from the state: Will the North Carolina Department of Agriculture submit its own rules for 2020, or will the state divert […]