What, where is this coming from? Selling software for the marijuana industry doesn't appear to be explicitly covered by Stripe's prohibited business (it says "Marijuana dispensaries and related businesses", but how far does that extend?)

Stripe themselves further cloud the issue by claiming it as a high risk of customer disputes, which is demonstrably bogus and a black mark against them.

Software specifically designed for the marijuana industry sounds like a related business to me.

The post you replied to is not the author of the article. Rather, they are stating that when/if they should find themselves in a dispute with one of their providers, their lack of clout means they would be unlikely to get the same "CEO of provider will look into it" responses.

Accusing them of violating a ToS as well as federal law is uncharitable to say the least.

Note that kentt isn't the OP, just someone worried about being in a similar standoff with a payment processor.

Their business is not illegal under Federal law.

Are you sure? The primary purpose of the software they're selling is to aid the violation of Federal law.

Too bad things don't work that way, otherwise we'd have to arrest all the state governments that have approved medical or recreational use.

> Too bad things don't work that way, otherwise we'd have to arrest all the state governments that have approved medical or recreational use

Actually they do work that way.

And yes, the Fed has had a standoff with many States, and yanked funding for things in some cases. Also the DEA has been known to raid long standing medical marijuana clinics in CA. The current administration is a little lax on Marijuana, but that doesn't somehow make the law not apply here (The next administration could come down with a whip).

At the end of the day, there is no other way to slice it. Supporting marijuana in any capacity is currently against federal law.

false http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-medical-pot-20141216-sto...

Geez. I bet you're fun at parties.