Budtenders Wanted: Canada's Coolest Weed Jobs
Jobs are reportedly booming in Canada’s marijuana economy — both the legal one and the not-so-legal one.
There are dozens of ads, mostly in Toronto and Vancouver, for marijuana trimmers at legally sanctioned medical pot growers, or for "budtenders" who serve customers at the not-entirely-legal marijuana dispensaries that have popped up around those cities.
According to Lift Cannabis magazine, the marijuana dispensary business “continues to see a boom ... despite a massive round of raids on May 26.” (Vancouver’s marijuana dispensaries were also raided by police.)
There are also spinoff jobs in industries that support marijuana — jobs in pot marketing and awareness, graphic design and data, and even jobs for doctors who’ll issue medical marijuana prescriptions. One such job ad, listed on Kijiji, offers a $300,000 salary.
But the boom may not last — it depends on how marijuana is eventually legalized....
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