Lawyer Gets Paid In Weed, Keeps His Law License
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But what happens when you’re a criminal defense attorney and one of your clients would like to pay for your legal assistance with marijuana? Unfortunately, you don’t live in a state where marijuana has been legalized for recreational use. You live in the Deep South, and your state only recently legalized the use of medical marijuana within its borders. It’ll still be years until patients will be able to access it for prescription use. What should you do?
James Mecca, an attorney in Louisiana, was faced with...
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