By Press Release | Manitoulin Expositor | December 21, 2021 On December 17th, 2021, members of the UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service received a complaint regarding a person opening and operating a cannabis dispensary on M’Chigeeng First Nation. The owner of the business had applied for and was denied a business license in…
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Deal with Health Canada resembles trade agreement between sovereign nations From ricochet.media by Christopher Curtis August 6 2021 Here’s a vision of what the legal cannabis industry might look like on sovereign Mohawk land. Mohawks licensing Mohawk farmers to grow cannabis for Mohawk retailers with millions in profits going back…
The rollout of the cannabis retail market has failed communities gravely affected by drug laws prior to legalization, advocates say. From The Toronto Star by Danica Samuel June 29 2021 Tyler James, community outreach co-ordinator at Cannabis Amnesty, says that the system ought to consider the cannabis industry’s past, present…
The position paper “opposes the proposed cannabis law for multiple reasons, including but not limited to: A) its unconstitutional violation of our Aboriginal and Treaty rights on our unceded Indigenous lands, B.) the failure of Chief and Council to involve or consult with the people, C) the lack of transparency or accountability over the convoluted corporate structure created to monopolize the cannabis industry, and D) the way in which the law criminalizes Shawanaga members involved in the cannabis industry.”
Retail store going great says manager Raymond Aldred From WLTribune.com by Rebecca Dyok April 12 2021 Lhtako Dené Nation is seeking to expand its marijuana footprint. The First Nation south of Quesnel is actively pursuing an agreement that will support the operation of a cannabis production facility. The move comes…
There is a growing push to set laws surrounding the sale of cannabis on reserves, especially as dozens of provincially-regulated stores are opening and eating into the market.
From HighTimes.com by Addison Herron-Wheeler February 4 2021 Oregon has traditionally been a socially conscious state, as well as one of the first states to allow legal cannabis. Now, House Bill 3112, or the Oregon Cannabis Equity Act, has been introduced into the legislature. This bill would make a point of ensuring…
Northern Territory Police have issued two people with notices to appear for the supply of cannabis to an indigenous community. From MirageNews.com PRESS RELEASE December 31, 2020 Yesterday, police were conducting screening at a local airport when drug detection dog Lena responded to a woman’s suitcase. Police located and seized…
From NavajoTimes.com Original Article by Arlyssa Becenti November 12 2020 Authorities dashed down Mesa Farm Road in Shiprock early Monday morning toward one of Dineh Benally’s hemp hoop houses that had been built over the summer. The road leads not only to Dineh’s and his father Donald Benally’s residence, it’s…
From leafly.com original article by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours July 20. 2020 On October 17, 2018, thousands of Canadians waited outside cannabis shops to finally buy the drug legally for the first time in the nation’s history. That same day, while attention was turned to the shops, the Canadian government promised to…