Working in medical marijuana industry with conditional green card?

[DaisyD 12]

Does anyone have any advice or experience relating to the medical marijuana industry? I am considering applying for a professional job within the industry in Oregon and am wondering if there could be potential conflicts with my green card status or a later application to remove conditions on my 2 year green card or applying for citizenship. If there are any doubts I'd rather not risk my residency status, but the job could have a lot of potential for me, Just to be ultra clear and avoid confusion I do not consume/use it myself in any form and have no intention to.

[ricnally 258]

If it's legal it should be no problem.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

USCIS goes by federal law, so local law might be in conflict. I tend to think it would be okay, but since it is selling drugs you might want to run it by a lawyer.

[Golden Gate 530]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/03/robert-duncan-marijuana_n_4877072.html

He did consult a lawyer and figured everything was good, and then this happened to him.

Edited April 4, 2014 by Golden Gate

[DaisyD 12]

USCIS goes by federal law, so local law might be in conflict. I tend to think it would be okay, but since it is selling drugs you might want to run it by a lawyer.

The conflict in the laws is my concern. To be clear the position is not directly involved with the sale of the marijuana but of course that is how the business makes money.

[DaisyD 12]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/03/robert-duncan-marijuana_n_4877072.html

He did consult a lawyer and figured everything was good, and then this happened to him.

Thanks for the link, this is the kind of worst case scenario I was thinking could happen but wasn't certain it was the case.

[TBoneTX 45,572]

Unless you can get a definitive reading from someone (a powerful attorney or someone influential at USCIS), I'd recommend against taking any risk until you're a U.S. citizen.