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 cannabis 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 surrounding state-by-state legalization, federal enforcement, and, most recently, growing momentum toward rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act.
Edgar J. Asebey and new co-author Guilherme Ferrari Faviero have comprehensively updated the book for the 2024 Edition to keep pace with the rapidly changing landscape of cannabis, hemp, and psychedelics regulation as it continues to evolve both at the state and federal levels.
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 cannabis; 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.
And, in addition to coverage of cannabis, hemp, CBD and related products, the book now includes discussion of psychedelics—whether FDA-approved, state-decriminalized, or in development through the FDA-approval pathway.