Landing Colorado’s Pot Jobs Requires Cash Upfront

Looking to work for a medical or retail dispensary in Colorado? Cannabis business owners aren’t the only ones who get to pay licensing fees to the Colorado Department of Revenue Marijuana Enforcement Division; employees of both medical and retail dispensaries must pay application fees for the privilege to wear state-issued identification badges. The badges are backed up by fingerprints and background checks, but for the people looking for jobs created by legalized marijuana, it takes money to make money.

MED badge applications aren’t cheap, as the agency’s fee schedule shows. The MED badges also don’t make it any easier for marijuana businesses to find employees. Colorado requires dispensary workers to hold one of three types of badges. Recreational marijuana business employees must hold a retail MED badge. For medical dispensary employees, there are two types of badges: support employee badges and key employee badges.

The support badges are for employees without any business...

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