A federal agency and a state advisory panel threw up separate challenges Thursday to entrepreneurs hoping to take advantage of Ohio's medical marijuana law.
They can't use a lawyer.
And they're dealing with a drug the federal government refuses to remove from a group that includes the most dangerous narcotics.
The Board of Professional Conduct, a panel appointed by the Supreme Court of Ohio to interpret court rules, said in an advisory opinion Thursday that a lawyer providing service to a medical marijuana business could run afoul of federal law, under which marijuana remains illegal. That would make her or him vulnerable to an ethical violation, which could result in disciplinary action and potentially loss of their license to practice law.
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They can't use a lawyer.
And they're dealing with a drug the federal government refuses to remove from a group that includes the most dangerous narcotics.
The Board of Professional Conduct, a panel appointed by the Supreme Court of Ohio to interpret court rules, said in an advisory opinion Thursday that a lawyer providing service to a medical marijuana business could run afoul of federal law, under which marijuana remains illegal. That would make her or him vulnerable to an ethical violation, which could result in disciplinary action and potentially loss of their license to practice law.
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