As Indian hemp becomes legal, Californians to enjoy mass employment

Recreational marijuana use becomes legal in California in 2018 , and one of the things to blossom in the emerging industry is government jobs . Such jobs include ones for scientists, tax collectors , typists, analysts , lawyers , and more scientists. The state is on a hiring binge to fill what eventually will be hundreds of new government positions by 2019 intended to bring order to the legal pot economy , from keeping watch on what’ s seeping into streams near cannabis grows to running background checks on storefront sellers who want government licenses . Thousands of additional jobs are expected to be added by local governments. The swiftly expanding bureaucracy represents just one aspect of the complex challenge faced by California : Come January, the state will unite its longstanding medical cannabis industry with the newly legalised recreational one, creating what will be the United States ’ largest legal pot economy . Last January, just 11 full - time workers were part of what’ s now known as the Bureau of Cannabis Control , the state ’ s chief regulatory agency overseeing the pot market . Now, it ’ s more than doubled , and by February the agency expects to have more than 100 staffers. The agency is moving into new offices later this year , having outgrown its original quarters . It’ s expected new satellite offices will eventually spread around the state. There also will be scores of jobs added to issue licenses for sellers , growers , truck drivers , manufacturers and others working in the projected $ 7 bn industry . The state has taken to Facebook to lure applicants .