Ask CJ: What about working in the cannabis industry?

From the inbox, this question: 

Dear CJ: 

I would respectfully request an article on the upsides and perils of working in the cannabis industry. 

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I live in a THC legal state but am concerned about long term repercussions of having that on my resume. 

Amusingly, I have a prediction from 2014: 

Question: I have a BS in Chemistry and Plant Biology. I've recently been offered a position in Colorado extracting the psychoactive oils from legally grown marijuana plants (making hash oil, more or less). Could this have a significant negative affect on my career? Any professionals out there who might offer some guidance?

[My answer]: No one knows, because this is the first time in the history of chemistry that we have the possibility of that kind of transition.

I suspect that Colorado, California and Washington employers will be the most understanding, and that large corporate entities will be the largest repository of chemists-uncomfortable-with-cannabis.

It's almost nine years later, and I haven't heard stories about cannabis chemists being "locked out" of the regular chemical or pharmaceutical industry. That being said, this is something that we don't have data (anecdotal or otherwise) about. 

I think the the main peril about working in the cannabis industry is that it is an industry full of small employers, which means that you will have a wider variety of quality of employer. 

I'm not sure what the benefits might be, but it seems to me to be a growing field, with more opportunity to explore and be the first... Readers, do you have thoughts?