5 hot new careers created by marijuana legalization

By 2020 the $8.5 billion U.S. marijuana industry is expected to create 250,000 new jobs, according to New Frontier Data.In 2017 the number of job posts for openings in the marijuana industry increased by 445 percent, outpacing tech (254 percent) and health care (70 percent), according to ZipRecruiter.Fast-growing new careers driven by marijuana legalization include director of cultivation, budtender, dispensary manager, director of extraction and trimmer. Doug Quenqua, special to CNBC.com Published 9:00 AM ET Sat, 8 Dec 2018 Updated 10:01 AM ET Thu, 13 Dec 2018