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There are more than 122,000 jobs in the cannabis industry. Employers are creating more every day. Want one? Take these steps.

The federal government says cannabis jobs don’t exist. So we thought we’d introduce you to five people, and jobs, and confirm their existence.

With Proposition 64 the law of the land, California lawmakers are now introducing legislation to tinker with the state’s current cannabis laws.

By analyzing data from 2016, we estimate that legalization supports more than 122,000 full time jobs in 29 states and Washington, DC.

The governor’s cannabis coordinator and the head of the state’s Marijuana Enforcement Division will leave government to offer their services to other clients.

Legal cannabis is grown, processed and sold by tens of thousands of people every day. So why won’t the feds count those jobs?

Another year has come and gone, and for the Leafly editorial team, that means reflecting on some of the top stories we authored in 2016.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is leading an effort to ensure vendors working with cannabis businesses don’t have their banking services taken away.

To learn how machine cannabis trimmers such as Twister Trimmer can help scale a cannabis operation, we filmed them in action at Kettle River Cannabis Co.

Leafly met with Cannasmack founder Suzanne Hoggan to learn more about the business of hemp-infused cosmetics and whether she’s faced any roadblocks basing her company in Utah.