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Adherence to The Compassionate Use Act, the Medical Marijuana Program Act, State Attorney Guidelines and local zoning laws should prevent you from being accused and convicted of a felony. Local law enforcement continue to harbor ill will towards most medical marijuana collective dispensaries.

Whether it is defending an employer in a wrongful termination suit, advising an employer on the decision as to whether terminate and existing employee, or guiding an employer through an investigation because of an accusation for sexual harassment, Charles M. Farano has one advantage over most other employment law attorneys.

You hear about medical marijuana dispensaries being "Little cash cows" making hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. Don't believe everything you hear or read on the internet.

Family Law is an extremely broad category of laws that include, divorce actions, paternity actions, custody and visitation issues, child support issues, property division issues as well as conservatorship actions.

Recently, I conducted a Preliminary Hearing on a felony arrest by a local law enforcement agency (which shall go nameless). The person arrested was a member of a medical marijuana collective and was stopped for a traffic violation, after which his car was searched and the deputy found 817 grams (About 1 ½ pounds) of marijuana in the trunk.

A recent article appeared on Facebook making a wild claim of a large number of Overdoses on marijuana on the day it became legal in Colorado. There are many problems facing the State of Colorado because of the legalization of marijuana, but the risk of overdose, however, is not one of them

Family Law is an extremely broad category of laws that include, divorce actions, paternity actions, custody and visitation issues, child support issues, property division issues as well as conservatorship actions.

As stated by numerous news sources, the United States Deputy Attorney General has set forth and published new guidelines regarding marijuana enforcement that is applicable to people living in specific states that have laws allowing medical marijuana as well as states where marijuana has been legalized. While the updated policy is a significant step in the right direction, it is important to note that it is not a Get out of jail free card.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA has become legal in 14 states and The District of Columbia. Recreational use of Marijuana has been made legal in Colorado and Washington State and it is on the ballots in other states to be legalized.

Domestic violence and family violence are crimes where the sheer volume of the complaints filed by District Attorneys have grown significantly over the years since the "OJ" trial. A significant amount of money is being poured into programs designed to reduce domestic violence.