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Marijuana banking proposal gets first-ever hearing in U.S. House committee

A proposal to open banking and financial services to marijuana businesses in states that have legalized marijuana has had its first-ever hearing in a U.S.House committee, making Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter , one of the authors, optimistic about its chances.

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Legislators, hemp advocates say farm bill is a boon for Colorado’s growing industry

State legislators and advocates of Colorado’s hemp industry say a provision in the new farm bill that legalizes hemp will be a boon for the state’s already thriving hemp industry.

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Canada’s pot industry so hot it’s importing workers

It was mid-summer, fewer than three months before Canada legalized recreational marijuana, and Vic Neufeld had a problem.

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Donald Trump would “probably” support legalizing Colorado’s marijuana industry — through bid by Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren

A bill that would protect state marijuana laws from federal interference received a major plug on Friday when President Donald Trump said he likely would back the measure — introduced a day earlier by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren.

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Will legal marijuana kill the employment drug test?

In a tightening U.S. job market, companies in states that have legalized either recreational or medicinal marijuana are leading the way on dropping drug tests.

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Non-U.S. citizens advised to stay away from jobs in Colorado marijuana industry

The situation isn’t just a dilemma for immigrants, but also for the cannabis companies that would like to hire them.

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Cannabis industry “deluged” with resumes from millennials

Millennials are the first generation of college graduates who can job-hunt in the legal marijuana industry, and many are showing an interest.

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Trending: Why more and more experienced workers want a new career in cannabis

The Cannabist spoke with several dozen job-hunters making the rounds at the career fair. They shared details about their backgrounds, aspirations and how they’re working to stand out from the crowd.

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Battling the racial roadblocks to joining the legalized marijuana trade

States generally do not track the race and ethnicity of license applicants, but industry analysts and researchers say that dispensaries and the more-profitable growing operations across the country are overwhelmingly dominated by white men.

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These 6 groups help vets get access to medical marijuana

There—s increasing demand among U.S. military veterans for safe access to legal marijuana for the treatment of their physical and mental ailments.

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