7 Tips For Going 'National' With Your Marijuana Business
With nine states poised to legalize cannabis next month, an increasing number of my firm’s clients are seeking help on taking their cannabis business national. They want to know what it will take to cross states with their cannabis cultivation centers, their cannabis retail storefronts, or even just with their brand names. If you, too, are looking to present your cannabis business on a national stage, you need to consider the following seven things:
1. Federal enforcement policies versus federal law.
Though the 2013 Cole Memo tells you what the Feds are thinking, you should not forget that there are plenty of other federal enforcement memos that show federal government ambivalence towards cannabis. The first federal marijuana enforcement memo, issued in 2009 by then U.S. Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden, essentially said that U.S. Attorneys didn’t have to waste time, resources, and manpower on pursuing medical cannabis operators in “clear and unambiguous compliance” with state...
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