“China’s not going to help you. They can very much get away with it. That’s why the DOJ needs to go after the Americans colluding.”

Many of the states that were in the first wave of recreational marijuana legalization such as Oregon and Washington have their own state worker safety programs and published guidance for the industry, said attorney Jesse Mondry, whose practice at Harris Sliwoski Sliwoski LLP in Portland, Ore., focuses on cannabis issues.

Also, each state’s cannabis industry is already heavily regulated and licensed with worker conditions often part of the requirements, he said.

“It’s going to be terrible,” said attorney Dan Harris of Harris Sliwoski Sliwoski LLP, who helps companies do business in emerging markets. “There will be no IP protection in Russia.”

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