Company ‘deceptively and unfairly marketed’ products From CSP by Hannah Hammond February 10 2023 A federal court ordered HBI International, maker of Raw Organic Hemp rolling papers, to stop selling and distributing certain products after a jury found the company engaged in unfair competition and violated the Illinois Uniform Deceptive…
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From The Ripon Advance EDITORIAL October 11 2022 Following an Oct. 6 executive order from President Joe Biden to pardon people convicted of marijuana possession, U.S. Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Brian Mast (R-FL) urged the president to also address the enforcement of federal cannabis laws on tribal lands. “We…
While Indigenous hemp and marijuana operators see opportunity within the space, bureaucratic, investing and scalability hurdles persist. From Benzinga by Jelena Martinovic October 10, 2022 During a hearing earlier this year before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) pointed out that Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) funds are being used to interfere in the Tribal…
From Washington State to Nevada and New York, indigenous cannabis ventures serve millions of customers and bring revenue to dozens of tribes From Leafly by Chris Kudialis October 9 2022 Legal marijuana has been a boon to state economies across the country by just about every measurable figure. Sales, tax…
It doesn’t take long after entering the St. Regis Mohawk reservation to see a glimpse of the future of marijuana sales in the state of New York. From NewsNationUSA.com by Liam Cole September 23 2021 The reservation — a sovereign tribal land in the eyes of the government — currently…
From Marijuana Moment by Kyle Jaeger May 17 2021 As the psychedelics reform movement continues to spread across the U.S., a conflict has developed between some advocates and indigenous groups over whether to include the hallucinogenic cacti peyote in decriminalization proposals. While part of the debate concerns the deeply entrenched,…
An amended version of a Senate bill that would allow agreements between the New Mexico Department of Health and Native American groups about medical cannabis was approved Wednesday by the Senate 25-16.
3RD ANNUAL INDIGENOUS HEMP CONFERENCE: Before the start of the farming conference, join us for a day of learning, networking, and workshopping. Local and regional hemp experts will join us to discuss the possible roles hemp can for tribal economies.
Doug deep dives into cannabis spirituality and why it is overlooked in modern western society: Cannabis Spirituality: Thinking Indigenous In Practice And Business
American Indian tribes can grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same federal conditions laid out for states that have legalized the drug, the US Justice Department has said.