Lawyers have an ethical obligation to stay current on changes in the law. With marijuana law in its nascency, it's not just those attorneys representing pot users and not just attorneys in the West who have to keep up to date. Rulings in state courts will inevitably be persuasive law as other states adopt marijuana legislation (whether pro or con) but have no prior binding precedent to look to. And marijuana law isn't just a matter of criminal law---it now affects family law and employment law to name a couple of areas.
With that in mind, here are two interesting news stories from the past week:
With that in mind, here are two interesting news stories from the past week:
- Colorado Supreme Court: Employers Can Fire for Off-duty Pot Use This case turned on a matter of statutory interpretation: does the phrase "lawful activities" mean legal per state and federal law or just state law?
- ResponsibleOhio Says Marijuana Legalization Would Help Region
- Marijuana Policy Project: Legislature Continues to Stall on Improvements to State Marijuana Laws
- Ohio Marijuana Legalization Report Touts Job Creation, Examines Claims from Both Sides of Debate (Note: the report was debuted here at Moritz and can be found here.)