Abstract For rural homeowners to adopt solar home system (SHS), individual decision-making is crucial. Currently, SHS adoption in South Africa is slow and disappointing. Individuals choose to adopt or reject a SHS at household level. This decision is a result of interplay several behavioural...

The state-legal cannabis industry has emerged rapidly despite continuing federal illegality, raising many important legal issues. In particular, employees who use cannabis in accordance with state law are often faced with “zero tolerance” drug policies in the workplace that were adopted in...

Although many states have decriminalized or legalized cannabis, it remains a Schedule 1 drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. The conflict between federal and state law presents many complicated issues, including significant problems relating to insurance coverage. Insurance law...

Legal adult-use marijuana is associated with risks that may cause bodily injury and property damage. Many of these risks have been well documented and widely discussed in the media, including theft, fire, motor vehicle accidents and consumption-related injuries. The potential for an increase in...

Our ability to calculate risk and plan accordingly is one of the hallmarks of the modern era. It is inconceivable that a business venture of even moderate size could succeed without employing risk management strategies. I begin with the premise that the marijuana industry must manage a variety...