Don't sweat it - assuming, it's strictly informative, such as faqs, forums, pics, etc, legally it should be fine.
However, if you're planning to sell pipes, bongs, seeds, etc ... you're taking a risk, and potentially even more so, assuming your profile location of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is accurate. Typically, if selling such questionable products (many in the adult business face this issue too), one can mitigate some risk by avoiding selling to customers in various locations, such as western PA ... but if you're already physically located there, that's not an option. Bottom line, advertising, selling, promoting such products may potentially be extra risky based on your physical location. Read up on Operation Pipe Dreams
Operation Pipe Dreams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hosting should be a cinch. However, if you directly ask the host company whether it's ok, they may not give a clear answer or simply say host elsewhere. Be aware that many hosts take a "don't ask, don't tell" approach; privately, the hosting techs often don't care / welcome such sites. All of the above assumes shared hosting, including VPSes. If you go with a dedicated server (even though the host still owns the hardware), because it's not shared with other customers, you'll likely face no issues at all.
However, trying to monetizing such a site will be a challenge. Google will not knowingly run AdSense on such sites; don't even try it.
To sell advertising, products (ie. t-shirts), etc, PayPal and other similar services likely won't be available for use; close accounts associated with such sites.
Thus you'll likely be relegated to accepting money orders and bank wires unless you have the budget to cover the costs of a credit card merchant account; like with hosting, keep your intentions on the downlow and be discreet - put up a mainstream looking site, even if it's just a generic homepage, to use on the application instead of the cannabis related site.
And if you're going to be utilizing a bank account for proceeds coming in from the site, keep it on the downlow - banks can and do close accounts of customers whose legal activities they simply don't agree with.
Getting back to the legality aspect. A few years back, there was much talk of how Canadian hosts were somehow legally better - in my opinion, based in large part from my observations and experiences, not true. Likely best to host it in the U.S.
Hope this helps.
Ron
