By Mani Dabiri | Published July 14, 2018 | Posted in Federal and State Criminal Defense, Government Subpoenas and Investigations, Post-Conviction Defense and Appeals, White-Collar and Regulatory Defense | Tagged Tags: assetforfeiture, businessandcommerce, cannabis, dueprocess, jurisdiction, juryinstructions, licensingandregistration, moneylaundering |
Don’t Grow Pot on Federal Property
It may go without saying, but then ask these guys. In 2012, the three of them were growing pot east of Sacramento, California when local police served a search warrant for their property. They readily told police they were using the property to grow pot under state law, but it turned out their actual grow Read More
Read MoreHappy 2018, California
Let’s celebrate because the new year marks the dawn of the state’s licensing program for commercial, recreational cannabis. It follows the voters’ approval of Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, which we wrote about last year. But hold your horses, too, because it’s just the beginning. Earlier this month, the state launched its online application system, and two weeks Read More
Read MoreOur Federal Prisons Are Fueled By Drugs
That’s the takeaway from this report by the federal courts and U.S. Sentencing Commission. To summarize, there are almost 200,000 people in federal prison today, and almost half of them (or 48%) are there for drugs. Almost all of them (93%) are men, and the vast majority are young, minority men. The breakdown is 35% Hispanic, 35% black, and 27% Read More
Read MoreSEC Lights Up Another Cannabis Company
In what may be a sign of maturity for the industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission has sued another marijuana-related business for violating federal securities laws. Last month, the SEC charged a California-based company and two former executives with a classic pump-and-dump scheme. First, the Commission says, the defendants touted phony revenue to drive up the price of the company’s stock. Read More
Read MoreCalifornia’s Next Gold Rush Is Green
Last week, California legalized recreational marijuana. So did Maine, Nevada, and Massachusetts, and four other states passed medical-marijuana laws: Arkansas, Florida, Montana, and North Dakota. It marked the end of prohibition as we know it, which didn’t work for alcohol and doesn’t work for pot. Too many millions of people enjoy it responsibly or know others Read More
Read MoreFederal Court Puts a Stop to Medical-Pot Prosecutions
In a resounding decision last week, the country’s largest federal court of appeals forbade the Justice Department from prosecuting people who comply fully with their states’ medical-marijuana laws. The court’s decision consolidated ten separate appeals from cases in Washington and California. The decision also applies in Oregon, Alaska, Montana, Nevada, Hawaii, and Arizona. It doesn’t apply in Idaho because Read More
Read MoreCalifornia Medical Association Says Legalize Marijuana
On February 1, the California Medical Association endorsed the Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act. Here’s the story from the Sacramento Bee, which features a short video running down the big questions about the ballot initiative. And here’s the press release from the CMA, which is the largest representative body of physicians in the state. Meanwhile, the Obama administration has signaled Read More
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