Legalization Of Marijuana Job Opportunities, Two In Three Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana

The upward jobs trend is likely to continue for years to come rolling through the individual states as they embrace medical marijuana and recreational legalization.

Tipped minimum wage by state 2020. The legalization of marijuana does not just affect our safety on the roads. Marijuana industry is generating jobs at a faster rate than tech. In two decades cannabis legalization has gone from a fringe issue to a national discussion.

And a booming industry it is. In a survey conducted by the pew research center in 2015 53 percent of americans felt that marijuana should be legal while 44. It also affects other aspects of our lives and employers are becoming increasingly worried about their employees being high on the job.

Recreational usage refers to the legal ability to purchase marijuana and consume or grow it at home and this also varies by state. In recent years 26 states and the district of columbia have legalized marijuana in varying degrees. Francesca liquori former nagtri program counsel.

1 the increase in legalization mirrors current public support for the decriminalization of marijuana. New jersey is considering several bills related to medical cannabis in general and most contain some employment protections for patients. So far 34 states have some form of legal medical marijuana but only 10 have achieved full blown legalization so the medium term job creation potential is substantial.

The 85 billion us. In 14 states where medical marijuana is legal registered users have legal employment protection meaning that employers cannot discriminate against them. But for many seeking jobs in state government cannabis use has become an obstacle to getting hired.

With the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana in an increasing number of states more and more jobs are popping up in the legal cannabis industry. By 2020 the industry is expected to create 250000 new jobs in a host of new job roles from dispensary. Marijuana is big business worth over 10 billion in 2018 and responsible for creating over 250000 jobs according to economists.

In the 1990s only five states plus washington dc had marijuana laws permitting medical use. Now a spike in the number of job applicants. But as states have begun to permit medical marijuana things have gotten a bit hazier.

When marijuana was illegal under both state and federal law employers would typically prohibit employees or employment candidates from using marijuana off duty as a condition of employment.