Career

*cough* dispensary sales associate?

 

A new thing pops up and people think you can just walk into it.
Yeah, you can walk into the business...at mid-level jobs earning minimum wage.
 
Do you just want to chill at some small-owned dispensary for most of your life? Is that what you're imagining or something?
Getting someone to be able to talk about weed is not a qualification. I can teach an immigrant all he needs to tell my customers about my product (marijuana) in a couple of days. But I can't just teach them how businesses works or customer service (both of those are acquired). 
 
It's a business like any other, so learn about business itself, not the commodity.
 
You want the real advice?
Get a degree, get some internships, and get some work experience. Then you'll be successful.
Go into finance, management, or marketing.
That way, maybe one day sooner than later, you can get a real position that pays real money. When this goes legal, companies are going to be sprouting up; legitimate and large ones. And to be hired and climb the ladder, you start from the ground up so go to college my friend.
 
Another thing that will be needed is researchers for companies and government sectors.
Reading articles on the side and knowing everything won't help you.
You'll need again: science degree, research internships, and maybe even graduate school.
 
Also, 

Why would you say that? *cough*
As though you are insinuating you are actually younger...that's like asking for it. Just don't even mention it. 

 

Community college.
Or find a university that isn't expensive- thousands exist.
I'm in Florida. I go actually go to a university, but tuition is not that expensive.
I got good/decent grades, so I obtained two scholarships (one is Bright Futures from the state government itself and the other is from the school). It covers tuition, plus I get a few hundred back each semester. I don't know about every state, I know of five at least, but there should be schools around you that shouldn't come close to breaking the bank. If you need a bit of cash to finish paying it off, there are things I attempted doing known as part-time and/or summer jobs.
 
Not trying to be assertive, but if you are finishing high school this month, you need to get your life on order and hop on the track because deadlines come up soon for the upcoming year.
 
You don't need an expensive degree from a preppy school to succeed (unless it's Ivy League, that's a bonus that always helps, but not necessary).
From the people I know that are successful, internships and work experience trump an expensive degree. (But nonetheless, you need a degree to display you have at least some education).