Indigenous communities have decided to stop waiting for state rules and to forge a path for themselves in cannabis. From Green Market Report EDITORIAL October 11 2022 While states continue to struggle to find the right formula around social equity, Indigenous communities have decided to stop waiting and forge a…
Posts published in “Indigenous Cannabis Businesses”
From Washington State to Nevada and New York, indigenous cannabis ventures serve millions of customers and bring revenue to dozens of tribes From Leafly by Chris Kudialis October 9 2022 Legal marijuana has been a boon to state economies across the country by just about every measurable figure. Sales, tax…
Raid comes after controversial Band Council motion to “ban Mohawk Tobacco” from reserve was passed in July. COLE HARBOUR, UNCEDED MI’KMAQ TERRITORY – On Wednesday, Oct 6th, the RCMP escorted Charles Naugle, a Fuel and Tobacco Officer of Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services, into Cole Harbour, a district of…
More than 100 marijuana dispensaries, run out of gas stations and wooden shacks, have opened on Native land while New York State awaits its first official retail licenses. From New York Times by by Jay Root and Jesse McKinley October 4 2022 SALAMANCA, N.Y. — In a mostly rural patch…
What do we think of when we think about weed? From rabble.ca by Megan Kinch September 20 2022 This feature was a collaborative project between The Green Line, The Hoser and rabble.ca. Please RSVP to attend our labour trivia night and Story Circle, here. The plant with many names is a medicine, a recreational drug…
www.DispensingFreedom.com is hosting a Zoom meeting on Thursday Sept 8th, (6pm in the Maritimes, 5pm in Ontario, 3pm in Alberta, and 2pm in BC time) to hear from spokespeople from the Burnin Grass dispensary in Samson First Nation and to get reactions from others on the call about what happened…
By Dispensing Freedom Staff SAMSON FIRST NATION – Burnin Grass Dispensary, one of the only sovereign Indigenous cannabis shops operating openly in Alberta was raided by the RCMP on Thursday, Sept 1st, 2022. In violation of constitutionally protected treaty and Aboriginal rights, the RCMP came onto the reserve with automatic…
Matter dropped after Crown said lead investigator was no longer available From CBC by Erin Pottie September 2 2022 A Cape Breton man waited nearly two years to argue for what he says is his right to sell cannabis on reserve lands. But just as Albert Marshall Jr.’s trial got underway on…
Additional marijuana regulations and community revenue needed, says chief From APTN by Emelia Fournier September 1 2022 A Mi’gmaq First Nation on the Quebec-New Brunswick border has seen its marijuana industry grow dramatically – and its Cannabis Office is trying to figure out how to manage the boom. Weed shops have…
Excluded from Canada’s marijuana industry, Indigenous entrepreneurs are forging a sovereign market From The Breach by Caitlin Donohue August 4 2022 When Tim Barnhart first opened a cannabis dispensary on Tyendinaga Mohawk territory back in 2015, it was considered a radical act. Legacy 420 was a sovereign shop, promising to empower Indigenous…