Marijuana business owners need to be mindful of products liability laws and how they pertain to defective cannabis products. Though most state’s product liability laws favor those not directly involved in manufacturing a defective product, there are circumstances under which retailers can be held liable for a defective product, even without any knowledge of the
A trademark is commonly thought of as a brand or a logo. Think of Nike as a brand and the swoosh as its logo. A trademark can be a word (Nike), a phrase (“Just do it”), a symbol (the swoosh), a design (the swoosh) or a combination of words and designs. The owner of a
Why do commercial landlords still hesitate to rent to marijuana businesses? In addition to the remote possibility of a landlord getting arrested and prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, landlords face the very real threat of losing their property via a civil asset forfeiture. The federal
Be it the IRS, the Bureau of Reclamation, or the banks, the conflict between state and federal laws on marijuana can cause problems to those in the marijuana industry. You should now add filing for bankruptcy to the list. When businesses go (or are near to going) under, they typically file for bankruptcy in a
Anyone remember Dan Quayle? He was our 44th Vice-President and the guy who misspelled potato. But who knew that even way back in 1977 he thought the war against marijuana was a complete waste of time? Well he did, as evidenced by this quote from him below: Congress should definitely consider decriminalizing possession of marijuana…
This is part 25 of our Saturday quote series and it will be the first time the quote comes from someone who is not the least bit famous. A number of people told us that they just assumed we would use a Robin Williams quote on marijuana and a number of others even suggested the
Even if your state has legalized marijuana, your neighbors or your homeowners’ association may not be on board. Most states that have legalized medical marijuana or recreational marijuana limit consumption to places out of view of the general public. In other words, you are mostly limited to consuming cannabis in the privacy of your own
For around fifty years, James Garner was a leading actor in television and film. Turns out he was also smoking marijuana during that entire time and he had this to say about that in his memoir: I started smoking marijuana in my late teens. I drank to get drunk but ultimately didn’t like the effect.
I enjoy it once in a while. There is nothing wrong with that. Everything in moderation. I wouldn’t call myself a pot-head. We wouldn’t call her a pot-head either, just as we don’t call someone who enjoys a daily glass of wine or bottle of beer an alcoholic. And more and more of the country
This was truly the week that was timely for cannabis quotes. That being the case, we cannot resist discussing two of them. “Do you want to hit this?” A common enough question for us lay people, but a man asked President Barack Obama that very question in a Denver bar this past week when the
