I’m not sure which forum this should be posted in, and this seemed like the most relevant. Back in January I got busted coming from Oklahoma. My lawyer was completely inept and told me to essentially bribe the prosecutor. Long story short, I am a felon now and will be on probation for 15 years. I have given up on working in cannabis at this point, but I do have a cbd company that was paying the bills, is there any future for felons in hemp? I saw the farm bill act excludes me from working in hemp production for 10 years, and I’m just curious if there are other options? I would hate to sell my lab for pennies on the dollar, as the legal process took just about all the savings I had, and I’m not willing to skirt the law anymore.
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Why would you have to quit manufacturing? If you were just caught with transportation and intent then you would likely be on a restricted access type deal for most places.
My own brother I had working with me and he got a full live scan to be a Az agent, he had forgery and other felonies but was able to work around anything not including the money aspect of the facility.
Honestly, I personally know someone who got done for some felony level things but what really made me shit a brick is that as a part of probation THEY HAD TO TAKE A SERIES OF CLASSES ON HOW TO GET INTO THE LEGAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY!!! I cannot tell you how much this surprised me when I heard! This was not in OK, mind you but who knows - potentially there’s a framework for that in OK as well?
Farm bill states that you can’t be involved in the manufacturing of cbd for 10 years after you get sentenced. I had no idea, or I probably would have made the “donation” to the sherrifs department to get out of this whole thing. But I’m stuck now and that’s no longer on the table
Hemp industry doesn’t require licensing in most states for employees
Out someone else’s name on the license and “work” there
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He was working thc within 7-8 years of his last probation. So idk could be different county bi laws and shit. Plus it all basically depends on how the department that handles your licensing feels about certain charges.
Thanks for the idea man. I’ve been stressing hard trying to figure out exactly which direction to go. Last 10 years on my resume is CBD, I really don’t wanna start completely over again in another industry. I understand the idea behind why they don’t want traffickers to stay in the industry, but when your life is dedicated to it, it’s not quite the same as “rehabilitation” and more just life ruining lol.
I waited 12 years and spent a few racks to get expunged
Still got an olcc worker permit with 4 felonies in the Inbetween
To be fair olcc questionnaire also asks you where it’s okay to consume any drug while on shift, and the correct answer was behind closed doors like the bathroom. This was directly on the olcc website and right after full legalization happened up there. Not sure if it’s changed since but I was amazed at that.
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I would say a “Gray / Gray Market” industry would be your best bet, like kratom, mushrooms, etc. Although I wouldn’t consider mushrooms as much of a gray market as kratom is. Food for thought
Relocate to a state that isn’t a reciprocal state or has lenient licensing laws. Maine will give felons license except for drug related, and they don’t reciprocally share criminal history with a lot of states. I know there are a few state that have better laws. That’s the beauty of America, and how it was REALLY supposed to be. The federal government was supposed to be tiny…
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Pretty sure that wording got changed to all consumption must be done off the licensed premises a while back. The quality control samples for workers section also states it. But prescription medications are still recommended to be taken behind closed doors.
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Thank fuck, when I was taking the test to apply for it I couldn’t believe the questions and answers they had.