Phil Fontaine, an Indigenous politician turned marijuana executive, has spent the last year travelling the country and talking to First Nations about jobs, wealth and training opportunities the burgeoning marijuana business could bring.
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by Teviah Moro, Hamilton Spectator, Dec 27, 2017 OHSWEKEN — As far as Jeff Hawk is concerned, his marijuana dispensary is filling a void in Six Nations. Potentially deadly opiates are widely available, but safe, medicinal marijuana is not, says Hawk, owner of Green Health for Six. “There ain’t really a large…
Reprinted from the Toronto Star, Dec 12, 2017. Isadore Day, Ontario regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations, says it’s embarrassing that Indigenous leaders weren’t invited to take part in Monday’s talks between finance ministers in Ottawa. By KRISTY KIRKUP The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Indigenous leaders looking at the prospect of legalized…
Indigenous leaders looking at the prospect of legalized marijuana in Canada say they don’t see a route to riches, but rather a serious risk that the black market in pot will set its sights on their vulnerable communities.
Indigenous leaders sounding alarm over implications of legal pot regime: Isadore Day, the Ontario regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said he fears for Indigenous community safety because the federal government is moving too quickly.
Reprinted from the Globe and Mail, Dec 6, 2017. By GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA – First Nations leaders say they must be given the right to govern the sale and distribution of legalized marijuana within their communities and to set the laws that will oversee its use by their people. Chiefs…
Minimum age set at 19, and public and private retailers will sell it in stores. From columbiavalleypioneer.com link to article by KATYA SLEPIAN, Dec. 5, 2017 Anyone 19 years old and up will be able to buy recreational marijuana in B.C. once it’s legalized next July. The province has announced…
Sagamok First Nation woman caught with pot, pills: , has been charged with possession of marijuana under 30 grams and possession of oxycodone.
It’s reefer madness to think marijuana will pay the bills; The tax-free status of Canada's Indigenous reservations will also undermine federal and provincial marijuana revenues. Tobacco tax exemptions amount to an estimated $686 million annually.
RCMP bust 3,800-plant marijuana grow-op on First Nation reserve near Chilliwack: Three men face charges and 3,800 plants were seized at a marijuana grow operation busted on the Soowahlie Reserve near Cultus Lake on Nov. 16 2017.