Before getting into cannabis, he had managed a car dealership in his city of about 20,000 people, about 100 miles southeast of Seattle. He was involved in the Rotary Club and had helped found the youth football league. “You know the usual chitchat, like ‘How’s your business going?’ ‘How’s your work?’ I don’t get any of that,” he said. Ms. Margolin said she knew of zero federal prosecutions of people conducting licensed marijuana activities in the last few years, unless they were also participating in illegal activities as well. In fact, her practice now focuses more on cannabis contracts and due diligence than criminal cases.

Source: New York Times May 05, 2019 17:35 UTC