Publisher's Synopsis
Not t?? l?ng ?g?, th? term "marijuana bu??n???" ???l??d t? the ?ll?g?l ?ult?v?t??n ?nd d??tr?but??n ?f a ?tr??tl? black m?rk?t drug. Wh?l? ?t r?m??n? ?ll?g?l und?r f?d?r?l law and m?n? ?t?t? l?w?, a gr?w?ng number ?f ?t?t?? allow for the medical use of marijuana ?nd a minority of ?t?t?? (?lu? the D??tr??t of Columbia) h?? legalized ?t? r??r??t??n?l u??. E??h jur??d??t??n th?t allows ??m? f?rm ?f legal m?r?ju?n? consumption has ?t? own un??u? r?gul?t??n?, wh?l? th? f?d?r?l g?v?rnm?nt h?? taken a mostly "hands-off" approach t? ?t?t? m?r?ju?n? l?w?. Th? legal m?r?ju?n? (or cannabis) industry has gr?wn exponentially ??n?? C?l?f?rn?? f?r?t l?g?l?z?d the herb for medical use in 1996. In f??t, combined m?r?ju?n? r?t??l ?nd wh?l???l? ??l?? reached $2.7 b?ll??n ?n 2014, according to th? ArcView Group, marijuana bu??n??? ?nv??tm?nt and r????r?h f?rm. Th? l?g?l m?r?ju?n? industry offers num?r?u? opportunities f?r ?ntr??r?n?ur? w?ll?ng t? w?d? thr?ugh a ??m?l?x and ?v?r-?h?ng?ng w?b ?f l?w? and regulations.
