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PHOENIX - The developing national marijuana industry is still sifting through labor disputes long since settled in other lines of work.
Employees have found that no line of work is quite like marijuana - and not always in a good way. Most bosses must pay their workers in cash, hampered by federal laws that prevent many employers from opening bank accounts. For the vast majority, direct deposit is a pipe dream, health insurance a luxury, a matching 401(k) a foreign concept.
"The marijuana industry is actually being treated worse than prostitution rings and gambling organizations, which is ridiculous," said Kim Houser, a professor of business law at Washington State University, where she studies the marijuana industry.
Still, successful marijuana business ventures can rake in millions of dollars a year. Marijuana workers are usually compensated well, by minimum-wage standards, for unique work that demands a particular skill set.
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