“The state is on a hiring binge to fill what eventually will be hundreds of new government positions by 2019 intended to bring order to the legal pot economy, from keeping watch on what’s seeping into streams near cannabis grows to running background checks on storefront sellers who want government licenses. Thousands of additional jobs are expected to be added by local governments. Last January, just 11 full-time workers were part of what’s now known as the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the state’s chief regulatory agency overseeing the pot market. Now, it’s more than doubled, and by February the agency expects to have more than 100 staffers.”
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-pot-jobs-20170930-story.html
Related posts:
Bank depositors to suffer losses in new EU law
Myanmar says it ends decades of media censorship
FDA on the verge of approving first bionic eye for the blind
Hungarian savers say government is stealing their pensions
To Make Sense of the Coins Act, Follow the Money
European Car Sales Jump As ECB Stimulus Takes Effect
Paris suburbs erupt in violent protests over veil ban
The Bitcoin bungler - a salutary tale
Who's minding the nukes?
Increasing use of costly military-style equipment by NH law enforcement questioned
Victims of Police Beat-down Say Video Proves Brutality
UN: New generation of secret British courts could conceal torture collusion
Federal marijuana decision clears way for Oregon hemp production
CDC calls rising E-cigarette among teens ‘deeply troubling’
Spying fears highlight worth of Swiss data centres