Cannabis Business Law

 

Legal thought leadership for the cannabis industry
backed by nearly two decades of experience.

Thought Leadership for the Hemp and Cannabis Industries

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Cannabis Business Law

From cultivation to banking to testing to commerce, we focus on the issues facing the cannabis industry. Cannabis law encompasses a wide array of issues and areas. It is constantly evolving. Not only do we stay abreast of changes affecting the cannabis industry, we work hard to provide thought leadership to drive, direct, and influence positive change. We take our work and our clients’ needs seriously. We want to form lasting relationships with our clients so that we know and can help guide them through changes, both internal and external.

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Rod's Book "Cannabis Business Law"

Author of the first legal business primer for the cannabis industry.

Cannabis Business Law Articles

 

AG Jeff Sessions Withdraws Ogden and Cole Memos – What this Means, What it Doesn’t Mean, and What to Expect

By Rod Kight | January 4, 2018
The future of California’s proposition 64, which legalized marijuana for adult-use (also known as recreational use) is now uncertain in…

CBD and Hemp Predictions for 2018

By Rod Kight | December 30, 2017
2018 promises to be a big year for hemp and CBD. It’s the time of year where we make resolutions…

New poll finds that a supermajority (86%) of Americans favor cannabis legalization.

By Rod Kight | August 3, 2017
A new Harvard-Harris poll, taken in July, indicates that a supermajority of Americans favor cannabis legalization. According to an August…

Sessions Shot Down in Senate: No Funds to Prosecute Medical Cannabis Patients

By Rod Kight | July 29, 2017
When it comes to US cannabis policy, reason does not usually prevail. However, it prevailed on Thursday in a small…

Are terpenes legal?

By Rod Kight | July 25, 2017
I’ve been thinking about terpenes for a while and have finally decided to write about them. I’ve found that the…

Has the DEA painted itself into a corner on hemp based CBD? A legal analysis of the DEA’s current position.

By Rod Kight | June 10, 2017
As many of you know, the Hemp Industries Association, along with Centuria Natural Foods, Inc. and RMH Holdings, LLC (the…

Marijuana dispensaries: High profits. High costs.

By Rod Kight | September 8, 2016
Here’s a new article about the profits and costs associated with operating a marijuana dispensary by my good friend, and…

Cannabis killed exactly 0 people in 2015.

By Rod Kight | December 28, 2015
Here’s a good article in the Huffington Post about cannabis overdose (or, rather, the inability to overdose on cannabis) and how its…

Shipping cannabis from one legal state to another legal state. Ok, right?

By Rod Kight | April 22, 2015
Wrong. Don’t do it. As a cannabis lawyer I have heard, over and over, people tell me that it’s ok…

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Honors & Recognitions

 

Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Rising Stars

Rod was selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2012 and to the North Carolina Super Lawyers main list since 2015

Recognized by Business North Carolina Legal Elite

Selected to Business North Carolina Legal Elite Bankruptcy Section 2016-2017

AVVO Superb Rated Lawyer

10.0 Rating on Avvo; 28 5-Star Client Reviews and counting.

Avvo Client Choice Award

Avvo Client Choice Award Recipient 2015

AV Preeminent Peer Rated Lawyer at Martindale Hubbell

AV Preeminent Peer Rated Lawyer by Martindale Hubbell since 2014