Mark Derek Battleson

Mark Derek Battleson is a cannabis and marijuana law attorney based in Atlanta, Georgia. With 30 years since admission, Battleson is a graduate of Emory University. Related work listed for Battleson covers hiring, workplace drug policies and employee protections that change once cannabis is lawful under state law, property acquisition, leasing and zoning for cultivation and retail sites and company structuring, shareholder arrangements and sale or transfer of licensed businesses.

Georgia limits lawful cannabis to low-THC and CBD products, so most cannabis matters in the state are criminal ones, including possession, paraphernalia, cultivation and distribution charges, together with a growing volume of disputes over hemp-derived THC products. The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission administers the state program. It is a state that lets registered patients hold low-THC oil while providing only a narrow in-state route to obtain it lawfully.