Nearly one in 10 new jobs in Missouri are from the cannabis industry

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According to an analysis of state labour from Missouri, almost one in 10 new jobs are linked to the state’s recently functional medical marijuana industry. The FreshToast.com, a U.S. lifestyle site that contributes lifestyle content and, with their partnership with 600,000 physicians via Skipta, medical marijuana information to The GrowthOp. People who live in Missouri can apply for medical marijuana cards and home cultivation cards for a US$25 and US$100 fee, respectively. Medical marijuana was legalized in Missouri in 2018, with the state’s first legal sale in October 2020. To date, the state has approved 322 medical marijuana facilities, including dispensaries and cultivation facilities.

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Legal cannabis is good for business. According to an analysis of state labour from Missouri, almost one in 10 new jobs are linked to the state’s recently functional medical marijuana industry.

The report offers some details of medical cannabis’s first year of operations. Calculated between December 2020 and December 2021, it shows medical cannabis created 7,000 new jobs while a total of 77,600 jobs were created overall.

“Missouri’s medical cannabis industry is delivering on its promise of not only providing safe, affordable...

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