Casinos on Native American land have poured billions into tribal economies since the late 1980s, lifting many people from poverty. Now, some hope, cultivating industrial hemp could do the same. Under U.S. law, hemp – which comes from the same family of plants that produce marijuana – can be grown only for research, with a […]
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Native American Meeting Gets Medical-Pot Provider as Sponsor
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A Merle Haggard Tribute: An American Hemp Patriot
In 1997, Merle Haggard sat down to talk about hemp with editor-in-chief Dan Skye when he was executive editor of HEMP TIMES. Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: American City Approves Radical Public Drug Use Policies
In a move that has stunned political observers, the mayor of American City has approved sweeping new reforms in drug laws designed to accept the reality that residents in this typical town in the United States enjoy drug use. Read article here: High Times
The Art of Leonard Peltier: Native American Political Prisoner
In 1977, American Indian activist Leonard Peltier was convicted of murdering two FBI agents during a shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Peltier has spent nearly 40 years in federal prison. His trial remains one of the most controversial in the history… Read article here: High Times
U.S. Senator: Ban on Hemp Production Hurts American Farmers
Industrial hemp could, once again, become a great American cash crop. It would bring an end to the downtrodden inflicted upon farmers across the nation, pulling them out of the dark red and into the green. This is the message that resonated through the halls of the U.S. S… Read article here: High Times
Native American Tribes Converge to Discuss Marijuana Legalization
Representatives from dozens of tribes converged in Washington state this week to discuss marijuana legalization and the potential creation of a tribal cannabis association. Read article here: High Times
Cannabusiness: Approved to Grow, Native American Tribes Join the Green Revolution
The 250-memberPinolevillePomoNation, just outsideUkiah, last month inked a deal with United Cannabis of Colorado and Kansas-basedFoxBarryFarms to grow medical marijuana on the tribe'srancheria, afterthe U.S. Justice Depa… Read article here: High Times
Over 100 Native American Tribes Consider Weed Trade
Although previous reports indicated that Native American tribes were apprehensive over the federal government’s prosecution free offer to allow the operation of a recreational marijuana industry on tribal lands, the latest word is that a plethora of tribes have sinc… Read article here: High Times
California’s Native American Tribes Unsure About Selling Cannabis
In an historic move to respect Native American sovereignty earlier this month, the USDepartment ofJusticeissued a memoinstructing US attorneys to not interfere with tribes cultivating or selling cannabis on reservation lands. The caveat is that the… Read article here: High Times