Cannabis, also known by its street name marijuana, is now a big business in many states. That also means important and complicated legal issues.
This new industry is the subject of a two-day conference sponsored by the National Cannabis Bar Association and the Minority Cannabis Business Association.
Highlighting Friday morning's program are discussions with key members of Congress regarding how federal laws should be amended to take into account the recent surge in state legalizations of cannabis for medical and/or recreational purposes. Other featured topics include obtaining greater diversity in the industry; ethical issues for lawyers; taxation and banking; and the future of medical cannabis.
Agenda
The full schedule of events, panelists, and locations is available here.
RSVP
Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at ktershel
law [dot] gwu [dot] edu (ktershel[at]law[dot]gwu[dot]edu) or Chris Davis at cdaviscanbar [dot] org (cdavis[at]canbar[dot]org).
Members of the public wishing to attend may register here.
Background
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