QUESTION: Rob, I own a Medical Marijuana Center, with hundreds of patients and thousands of plants. We sell many pounds of marijuana every day, for profit. We hire employees, pay taxes, and advertise. We spent thousands of hours and dollars for full compliance with local and state laws related to Medical Marijuana. Should we fear the Federal Government, especially in light of U.S. Attorney for Colorado John Walsh’s recent pronouncement?

—M.G., Boulder

ANSWER: M.G., you hit on one of the most common and most serious questions of anyone involved in this community or industry. Difficult to answer in a definitive way, especially because the Federal Government itself provides no direct and clear answer to this question, and the Feds’ actions so differ from its words.