Scientists. Tax collectors. Typists. Analysts. Lawyers. And more scientists. Recreational marijuana use becomes legal in California in 2018, and one of the things to blossom in the emerging industry isn’t green and leafy, it’s government jobs.

RENO — Nevada took a gamble on recreational marijuana, and it’s paying off.

The munchies are driving up fast-food sales in states where marijuana is legal.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — It’s one of the nation’s biggest events for the cannabis industry and this year it’s even more significant.

San Rafael resident Laura Bertolli sold the longtime family business, Bertolli’s Auto Body Shop, and plans to join the marijuana industry.

HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaii said Tuesday that it aims to be the first state to have marijuana sales handled without cash, saying it wanted to avoid robberies and other crimes targeting dispensaries.

In a first for the cannabis industry, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Viceland, the Weather Channel, Headline News, and Fox Business are now airing a national advertisement for a cannabis law firm.

There’s still a lot of work to be done on the equality front, but a new survey suggests that about a quarter of legal weed businesses are owned or were founded by women.