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0 pointsoneoff7863y ago0 comments

I don’t think that’s true?

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"Conspiracy to commit drug trafficking" would probably fit the bill. I think they could just call in the feds because from the state and federal perspective you are running a drug empire from that office.

yieldcrv3y ago

Nah, state level would have no jurisdiction over the criminal action and feds arent caring right now, but focusing on the state level you can also just form a branch

So you go online and fill out an LLC for another state, and just say you are licensing your brand name to that LLC in another state that is doing all the sales in that state

willcipriano3y ago

"Your honor, this man, doing business as "weed.com", collected the proceeds from four thousand individual sales of marijuana from his office at 123 Fake Street."

It's illegal to do that. What's the defense, it's legal to do that somewhere else?

That part of the justice system doesn't play around. There are people in jail for felony murder for selling the baggies to the guy who sold the drugs to the guy who overdosed.

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oneoff786OP3y ago

But it’s not trafficking if you don’t move it across state lines?

brewdad3y ago

But your state of domicile would happily seize your ill-gotten gains the minute you try to bring the money home. You may not be moving the drug across state lines but the money certainly would.

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zeroonetwothree3y ago

The feds don’t seem very concerned with marijuana lately

fartcannon3y ago

That's hardly the point.

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willcipriano3y ago

yieldcrv3y ago

Nah, state level would have no jurisdiction over the criminal action and feds arent caring right now, but focusing on the state level you can also just form a branch

So you go online and fill out an LLC for another state, and just say you are licensing your brand name to that LLC in another state that is doing all the sales in that state

willcipriano3y ago

"Your honor, this man, doing business as "weed.com", collected the proceeds from four thousand individual sales of marijuana from his office at 123 Fake Street."

It's illegal to do that. What's the defense, it's legal to do that somewhere else?

That part of the justice system doesn't play around. There are people in jail for felony murder for selling the baggies to the guy who sold the drugs to the guy who overdosed.

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oneoff786OP3y ago

But it’s not trafficking if you don’t move it across state lines?

brewdad3y ago

But your state of domicile would happily seize your ill-gotten gains the minute you try to bring the money home. You may not be moving the drug across state lines but the money certainly would.

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zeroonetwothree3y ago

The feds don’t seem very concerned with marijuana lately

fartcannon3y ago

That's hardly the point.

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