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Immigration Inadmissibility, Legal Ethics and Marijuana

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In Immigration Inadmissibility, Legal Ethics and Marijuana, Cyrus Mehta considers the following question:

[A] conflict between federal and state law [on the lawfulness of marijuana] creates a curious anomaly for the foreign national who wishes to enter the United States either as a temporary visitor or as a temporary resident. If a foreign national wishes to invest in a marijuana business in a state where it is legal, and even endeavor to obtain an E-2 investor visa, this person would likely be rendered inadmissible under federal statutory immigration provisions.

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