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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Legal Experts Urge Caution as Tribes Enter Pot Business
Tribes across the U.S. are finding marijuana is risky business nearly a year after a Justice Department policy indicated they could grow and sell pot under the same guidelines as states. 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