It’s 2019, and the Oglala Lakota are revisiting a plan to grow hemp on the reservation. Hemp has been a long standing interest of the Nation. That’s because it’s an incredibly versatile plant. It was also acknowledged in their 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. While the 1998 Tribal Council industrial hemp ordinance remains intact, there’s been a lot of litigation over the past twenty years.
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2 face drug charges after search of Trent Lakes medical dispensary: As part of an investigation, on May 1 around 8:30 a.m., members of the OPP Peterborough executed a drug search warrant at the Soaring Eagle Medical Dispensary
Company looking to produce CBD oil in the South Okanagan one step closer: Green Mountain has secured a 98-acre parcel of Indigenous agricultural land in Marron Valley.
From reuters.com link to article by Sarah Shearman, April 24th 2019 LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Having witnessed the fallout from drug and alcohol abuse in his struggling Maori community, Manu Caddie was always “quite anti-cannabis”. But now the youth worker-turned-entrepreneur believes the plant will bring prosperity to indigenous New…
Canopy's top pot advocate 'often called a sellout' but fights on: “I’m furious about it,” Black said, tearing up. “My company is allowed to have cannabis factories across the country and we just put a First Nations man in jail for 10 months for possession.
Tk'emlups takes an interesting stand in cannabis culture: It appears as though the recently opened Pinnacle Access cannabis store, owned and operated on the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc reserve by Tk’emlups members, is an illegal cannabis store
People Hope To Have Their Say On Pot: community members have had their chance to voice their opinions on the cannabis question in Kahnawake.
Ponoka County approves permit for cannabis operation: Deip confirmed that the Samson First Nation will allow the facility to connect to their water distribution system, which alleviates both the water supply and fire protection concerns
Three Aamjiwnaang First Nation business entrepreneurs closer to realizing dreams awarded $750 each by a panel of four judges for their plans to develop a cannabis-derived pain salve.
Might mill workers become pot growers in Burns Lake, B.C.? Nations Cannabis is holding a job fair this week in a northern British Columbia mill town, as it prepares to transform an idled wood products mill into a large marijuana production facility.