October 28, 2015 – SOURCE: http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2015/10/marijuana_still_a_federal_crim.html COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters will decide next week whether to legalize recreational and medical marijuana. But they won’t be able to change the laws that keep it a federally illegal substance and make the marijuana industry costly, burdensome, and risky. Four states and the District of Columbia…
This article is a reminder that although Ohio may be moving forward, the federal laws still lag behind…. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/09/27/making-a-business-out-of-pot-isnt-easy.html Running a marijuana business is more than a pipe dream, says Justin Breidenbach: It’s about taxes, banking, liability, supply and demand. Breidenbach, an associate professor of accounting at Ohio Wesleyan University who has been studying the…