Providing a dazzling array of federal and state tax exemptions and credits, a hugely untapped market serving all other states’ card holders, and relief from profitability’s greatest obstacle, IRC Section 280E, Puerto Rico is swiftly ­becoming the nation’s most attractive ­jurisdiction to grow and dispense marijuana.

Puerto Rico’s Medical Marijuana Industry

To bolster its manufacturing and ­tourism industries and facilitate new businesses’ creation, Puerto Rico established an ­aggressive economic and tax incentives program and, pursuant to an May 3, 2015, executive order, launched its ambitious medical ­marijuana program.