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Colorado law firm warns immigrants coming to Colorado for the state’s marijuana industry that they could be placing themselves at large financial and legal risk

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 03/11/2016 - 09:42

One of the oldest and largest immigration law firms in the Rocky Mountain West says it’s seeing a growing number of immigrants coming to Colorado to take part in the state’s so-called “green rush” of legal marijuana businesses, only to have their hopes of financial success quickly dashed and their futures in the United States put at risk.

Attorneys at Denver-based Lau and Choi, P.C. say many immigrants are flocking to Colorado because of rumors that they can legally grow 99 marijuana plants there.

“We’re concerned that there’s a lot of rumors and misinformation among immigrants, particularly in the Chinese community, regarding the legality of marijuana in Colorado,” says Charles “Mac” McIntyre IV, a Mandarin-fluent attorney at Lau & Choi.

“We want to set the record straight: while the cannabis industry is legal in a few states, it is still illegal under federal law. For those states that do permit...

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