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Nobody Promised A Rose Garden - Part 2

Posted by Ken Tapman on Aug 12, 2015 3:26:10 PM

Department of Justice’s Law Enforcement Priorities

A good place to begin identifying areas of potential vulnerability for cannabis related businesses is the Memorandum for All United States Attorneys: Guidance Regarding Marijuana Enforcement (August 29, 2013), issued by James M. Cole, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice. The Memorandum lists 8 law enforcement priorities or targets for the Department of Justice:

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Nobody Promised Us a Rose Garden, Part 1

Posted by Ken Tapman on Jun 4, 2015 6:15:09 PM

Moving the Cannabis Industry from Criminal to Legal

The US economy doesn’t spawn an entirely new industry very often and legal marijuana may well be the best ground floor opportunity we’ve seen since the early days of the Internet. The fact is that the pendulum tipped and the legal marijuana business is the fastest growing industry in the US. The best part is we are still in the early days of this budding business sector and legal marijuana is considered to be the best start up opportunity in 2015.

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