Faces of Legal Marijuana: Second Careers in Cannabis

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Marijuana is big business. More than 10,000 new jobs were reportedly created in Colorado this year, and many thousands expected to be added as Washington State's recreational marijuana market opens for business late this spring. The Green Rush is attracting older workers, who are foregoing early retirement, and instead starting second careers in the green pastures of Washington state's legal marijuana industry.

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