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New Indigenous-led Wisconsin Wellness Campaign Advocates for Statewide Legalization of Medical Cannabis

Wisconsin Wellness aims to address medicinal cannabis legalization through a tiered approach of education, storytelling and vetting current and new representatives in the legislature. From Shepherd Express by Shelia Julson September 26 2024 As calls grow louder for common-sense legalization of medicinal cannabis in Wisconsin, more diverse voices are joining…

Indian Tribe Begins First Recreational Marijuana Sales To Adults In North Carolina, Where Cannabis Remains Illegal

From Marijuana Moment by Ben Aldin September 7 2024 The first legal sales of adult-use marijuana within North Carolina began on Saturday at The Great Smoky Cannabis Co., located on tribal land of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). Members of the tribe voted exactly a year ago to legalize…

Cannabis, magic mushrooms among items seized from 2 unlicensed N.B. dispensaries

From CTV News by Natalie Lambard August 28 2024 Cannabis, vapes, tobacco and psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, were recently seized from two unlicensed New Brunswick dispensaries. The Department of Justice and Public Safety says peace officers and RCMP officers executed a search warrant on Aug. 15 at the…

Police raid two Indigenous-run London pot shops

Two Indigenous-run pot shops remained closed Wednesday after provincial police raided the unsanctioned businesses one day earlier. From The London Free Press by Dale Carruthers August 21 2024 Two Indigenous-run pot shops remained closed Wednesday after provincial police raided the unsanctioned businesses one day earlier. The crackdown by the OPP’s…

Arrests, cannabis and tobacco seized in several raids in Moncton area

Department of Justice and Public Safety peace officers in New Brunswick seized cannabis and tobacco products from an unlicensed store in Riverview on August 2, arresting two employees.  From StratCann by David Brown August 16 2024 Riverview is located just outside Moncton. The products were seized from the L’Nuk Trading Post…

GALLERY: Robert Fisher Tehonikonrathe turns himself in to Durham Regional Police

On August 7 Robert Fisher Tehonikonrathe a Mohawk from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory turned himself in for charges related to selling cannabis at his My Legacy location in Oshawa. He arrived with 20 supporters including his representative Chief Del Riley. After a brief discussion with Sgt. Scot Green he signed a…

Former National Chief joins Mohawk elder in taking a stand for the Indigenous right to an economy in Oshawa

Indigenous supporters of My Legacy cannabis dispensary engaged city officials at the launch of Market at 70 King in downtown Oshawa and secured a meeting with Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter. OSHAWA – Robert Fisher Tehonikonrathe is a Mohawk of the Tehanakarineh Bear Clan from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. In January of…

Nova Scotia cannabis decision shuts down Aboriginal and Treaty Rights defence

From JFLLaw.ca By Sara Mainville, Isabel Klassen-Marshall, July 24th, 2024 On June 7th, the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia issued a decision in R. v. Marshall et al, decisively shutting down an Aboriginal and Treaty rights defense in a high-profile cannabis case under the Cannabis Act and the Excise Act  in the decision.[1] The defendants, who operated cannabis…