Though I very much want states (and our clients) to follow the federal government’s “robust regulation” directives in the 2013 Cole Memo, I can’t help but bemoan when “robust” state cannabis regulations take the fun and creativity out of cannabis business operations.

Over the years, clients and potential clients have come to the cannabis lawyers at my firm with a bevy of business proposals that, in a perfect and federally lawful world, would make sense and probably even be profitable. Unfortunately, we have to nix most of the “creative” business models and product proposals we see in California, Washington, and Oregon (the cannabis states in which we work) because these states rarely tolerate or permit unique business models or ideas.

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Source: Top 5 Dopest Business Ideas Murdered By State Cannabis Regulations | Above the Law