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.
Dispensing Freedom
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.
Alderville First Nation hosts next indigenous cannabis gathering On Sunday, November 26th, indigenous people interested in the cannabis industry will be gathering from 12-5pm at the Community Hall in Alderville. One of the outcomes of the October 21st indigenous cannabis meeting in Six Nations was a commitment from Medicine Wheel…
Public Meeting on Cannabis to be held in Six Nations On Saturday, October 21st, from 2-5pm at 2593 Chiefswood Rd, (the old Bingo Hall) in Six Nations, Onkwehon:we (original) people involved with the cannabis industry will offer their thoughts on cannabis. With the Federal government of Canada bringing forward the Cannabis…
Editorial – Smoke signals #1 It wasn’t so long ago that we remember when Tyendinaga had but one cannabis dispensary, one which was under constant threat of closure by the local constabulary. Today there are over a dozen dispensaries in Tyendinaga. Like tobacco, there is scarcely one family on the…
The first issue of the magazine is out now. It’s available at Indigenous cannabis dispensaries across Ontario. Here’s what’s in the table of contents. Table of contents A word from quality control 2017: The year that Indigenous cannabis became unstoppable Cannabis as a Medicine A statement from the Kenhteke Cannabis…