PLI: Legal Guide to the Business of Marijuana: Cannabis, Hemp and CBD Regulation (2020 Edition)

Overview

Legal Guide to the Business of Marijuana is a unique resource for lawyers who represent clients in the fast-growing legal cannabis industry. For lawyers new to representing marijuana clients, the authors provide an understanding of the definitions of marijuana and other cannabis products, as well as a review of the policy and political issues that have led to the controversy and uncertainty of the current environment.

The new edition adds the latest information on hemp and CBD products, the 2018 Farm Bill, the Department of Agriculture rules on Establishment of a Domestic Hemp Production Program, and a fifty-state survey of the latest medical and recreational cannabis laws and regulations.

Legal Guide to the Business of Marijuana offers critical guidance on a wide range of interrelated topics including the complex and varying state regulation of medical and non-medical marijuana; federal law, enforcement, and preemption and their implications for employment, taxes, and banking; and the various aspects of establishing and managing a marijuana enterprise, including the growing, licensing, labeling, transporting, and distribution of marijuana and related products.