Are we really going to pretend Delta 9 and HWC didn't go into this venture without hiring a lawyer?
We can "assume" all you like but no one is going to invest tens of thousands if not more in such a business concept unless they are certain they are in the clear legally.
Again stop trying to scare people. There is a difference between asking questions and acting like a soothsayer that the government WILL crack down.
As ANY medical marijuana attorney in Arizona will tell you, Arizona's Medical Marijuana law is AWFUL. The language of the law itself is often nonsensical and in many cases, left to the interpretation of a Judge. The AZDHS regulations are no better, as they were written specifically to restrict patient grows and to hinder the will of the voters.
Let me tell you a couple stories that can be confirmed via Google...
Our Governor, Jan Brewer, initially refused to allow dispensaries to open based solely on the grounds that "Medical Marijuana can't be made legal in Arizona because it's still illegal according to Federal law." Ultimately, a group of dispensaries filed a lawsuit in Arizona court asking the court to force the State of Arizona to move forward with the dispensary program. Which they did reluctantly.
Despite the fact that Arizona law clearly states that "ANY form of marijuana" is considered to be legal for patients to possess, the State has CONTINUOUSLY prosecuted patients with Class 4 Felonies for Possession of Narcotics if/when the patient is found to be in possession of Hash. The Arizona Attorney General argued that "ANY form of marijuana" does not include hash. Again, a family and the ACLU sued the State of Arizona and won, and now Hash has been declared LEGAL. KINDA... The Maricopa County attorney disagrees with that opinion and has appealed the Judge's decision. In the meantime, the Maricopa County attorney continues to prosecute legal patients for possessing hash.
Arizona law also states that patients can't be arrested and prosecuted for selling marijuana to another patient. Well yet again, our fine Arizonan Government somehow interpreted that in a different way because they have continuously arrested and prosecuted patients for patient-to-patient sales. We, again, sued the State of Arizona and WON, again. Of course, just like the Hash ruling, our Government won't accept the Judge's ruling and has filed an appeal. And, also like the Hash case they are continuing to prosecute patients for patient-to-patient sales.
Arizona had taken the stance that if you test positive for ANY metabolites of marijuana while driving, even if you smoked 30 days ago, you are still considered to be guilty of DUID or Driving Under the Influence of Drugs. AGAIN, we had to battle the State of Arizona in court, and big surprise, we won again. They appealed the case already, and lost the appeal.
These are just a few examples of some of the insanely bizarre dynamics that are happening in the Arizona Medical Marijuana industry, that you and others may not be aware of.My grand point is;
THERE HAS BEEN NO PRECEDENT SET IN ARIZONA, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE LAW ITSELF, IS AMBIGUOUS AND LEFT TO INDIVIDUAL INTERPRETATION.So as crazy as this sounds,
YES I do think they ARE testing the waters and venturing into an
EXTREMELY GRAY LEGAL AREA by being the first in cryptocurrency history to attempt this feat.
And YES, I do think that they're probably doing their best to remain legal. Albeit in a State where nobody, including our own government, knows WTF is actually legal and illegal.
Thanks for listening!