With a marijuana breathalyzer, 290 more acres for cannabis growing, an Indigenous cannabis and hemp conference and a pot store in Sicamous, the Okanagan is further solidifying its position as a legal marijuana hot spot.
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Native Americans running Las Vegas' only cannabis lounge: the NuWu Cannabis Marketplace, a glass-walled, big box structure that half resembles a car dealership.NuWu – which means “the people” in Southern Paiute – sits on the tribe’s “colony” one mile away.
Manitoulin Marijuana Festival slated for Haweater Weekend. Shuttles are planned to both local tent and trailer parks and to a number of Indigenous dispensaries in the area.
Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation and Williams Lake Indian Band were among the groups lobbying the BC government over its cannabis policies.
Third annual Indigenous cannabis conference underway in Kelowna: Wesley Sam, co-founder of a cannabis production company based in Burns Lake called Nations, said more and more Indigenous communities are looking to cannabis to help fulfill labour gaps.
Expanding cannabis markets mean more business opportunities for First Nations and their people. That is one of the many themes that will be discussed this week in Kelowna, where the third annual National Indigenous Cannabis & Hemp Conference is being held.
The two-day First Nations Cannabis Summit is attended by chiefs or their representatives from across the country to hear about policy, safety, health, and social and economic development.
Canada should create First Nations model for cannabis sales: former chief: Isadore Day, now the CEO of a consulting group named Bimaadzwin, said Ottawa never discussed legalization with First Nations communities.
More than 50 Māori health leaders are calling on the Crown to ensure regulations for cannabis legislation favours Māori who want to participate and operate in the market, if New Zealand votes yes next year.
The Shinnecock Indian Nation on Wednesday signed a partnership agreement to build and operate a medical marijuana dispensary on the Southampton reservation within a year in an initiative to broaden the federally recognized tribe’s economic opportunities.