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RCMP Target Indigenous Cannabis in 2024 – 2025 Plan

The RCMP published its targets and goals for 2024-2025 in its Departmental Plan which includes more “engagement” with Indigenous communities on cannabis. The Federal government also released the Renewal of the funding for the existing Federal framework for the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Canada (Horizontal initiative) the long-winded…

RCMP launches widescale raids in Nova Scotia, MRA fights back

Since February 4th 2025 the Nova Scotia RCMP has been launching near-daily raids on Mi’kmaq-owned truckhouses belonging to members of the Micmac Rights Association. While the NS-RCMP regularly conducts raids on Indigenous truckhouses and fisheries the scale and aggressiveness of the recent raids are unprecedented.  Some of the aggressive and…

Precedent rules in tobacco acquittal

From The Eastern Door by Marcus Bankuti December 20 2024 Brooklyn Leblanc hunkered down with many other people to stand up for Kanien’kehá:ka sovereignty in what became known as the Oka Crisis. “I fought from beginning to end in 1990, in the forest every night,” he said. Now 73 years…

‘Where’s the money?’ White outsiders convinced a Native American tribe to start a legal weed business. It ended in disaster

Investors told the Northern Paiute-Shoshone-Bannock people a cannabis farm could bring money, jobs and opportunity to their community — but after the first harvests, residents said, they were sidelined by an opaque operation. Then the travel plaza burned down From The Guardian by Judith Matloff December 17 2024 It was…

Nations United Hosts Groundbreaking Canna Collide Event at MJBizCon, Bringing Together Tribal Nations and the Cannabis Community

From Cannabis Business Times by Staff December 16 2024 [PRESS RELEASE] Las Vegas, NV – December 2024 – Nations United, a newly formed 575e tax-exempt entity, celebrated a monumental milestone with the successful launch of Canna Collide, a networking event hosted at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas following MJBizCon. The event…

Ban on cannabis is harming millions; it must be lifted: Viki Vaurora

The activist argues for complete legalisation, pointing to cannabis’s therapeutic properties, industrial applications, and historical significance. From Frontline by Divya Gandhi November 27 2024 For a decade now, the Bengaluru-based Great Legalisation Movement India (GLM India) has been championing the cause of farmers cultivating cannabis and campaigning for legalising the…

Cannabis consultations commence

From The Eastern Door by Eve Cable November 22 2024 In-person consultations have begun for those living within 300-metre radiuses of proposed dispensary sites, with members of the Kahnawake Cannabis Control Board (KCCB) visiting residences last Saturday.  “The in-person consultation is going well so far,” said Tara Jacobs, chairperson of…

Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Board Issues Micro-Cultivation License

From Indian Time November 14 2024 KAHNAWAKE – The Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Board (KCCB) is pleased to announce that a Micro-Cultivation License has been officially granted to MSJ Cultivation. This license issuance follows the thorough evaluation and approval process set out in the Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Law (KCCL) and the…

Indigenous Opportunities in Cannabis

A bright future for tribal cannabis is possible in America From MGMagazine by Mitch Chargo November 8 2024 The Eastern Band of Cherokee in the territorial boundaries of North Carolina recently opened a dispensary, despite marijuana being illegal in the state. Likewise, the White Earth Band of Ojibwe opened a cultivation facility and…