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Yes, I do think it will happen eventually. What I expect to happen, once a majority of states in the US have adult use recreational cannabis, the federal government will remove it from scheduling. This will allow each state, county and city to decide if it is allowed - similar to what happens with alcohol, there will still be some dry cities, counties and maybe even states ... but the states that are legal will no longer have to worry about any repercussions from the federal government.

Unfortunately, research in the US has been stifled by the current administration and namely Jeff Sessions. Israel is a leader in endocannabinoid research and has been since they discovered this unknown system in our body. Canada is also ramping up research. Currently we only know the very basics, but learn much more every year. THC was only first found 54 years ago... so the knowledge of cannabis and it's 100+ cannabinoids are still in it's infancy.

Currently the following state have recreational laws in place: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Colorado, Washington DC, Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts. Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts you can not purchase it yet. I think the next states will be Rhode Island, Connecticut and Illinois - I think they all do it either in 2018 or 2019. Another one I think is on the horizon for 2020 in New York as well.

Yes, however it is not done the 'fun' way. Many states have licensed testing labs, this is where the labels with the % THC and % CBD, etc come from. There are some people that test products the 'fun' way and write about it on their website or blogs as well, but those are not really jobs in the industry as they have to buy all their products to test.

Generally what we have seen is the following: Horticulture Degree is good Cultivation Jobs, Botany Degree is good for Extraction Jobs, and a Pharmacy Degree is good for Dispensary Jobs. However, we have seen people with all types of degrees apply themselves when working the cannabis industry. The above is the just the most requested college degrees for those areas. The most lucrative are your Top levels of each, which usually means around 5 years of experience in that field. A Master Cultivator makes between $85-150K per year. A Master Extractor from $70-120K. A Dispensary Manager from $40-85K.