Maurice French of the Chippewa of the Thames First Nation is a driving force in the Indigenous cannabis industry. Four years after his shop was raided at the direction of the elected Chief, all charges have been dropped against him. So why did the Band Council collude with the OPP…
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By David Malmo-Levine from Cannabis Culture June 9 2022 CANNABIS CULTURE – White Supremacist pot cartel & BC Provincial Government seeks to raid Indigenous pot dispensaries out of existence “Boundary n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of…
Medicine Wheel cannabis dispensary is now operating at 1176 Danforth Ave in the East End of Toronto. by News Editor September 17, 2021 TORONTO – Just East of Toronto’s popular Greektown at the intersection of Danforth and Greenwood Avenues sits Toronto’s first Indigenous-owned and operated cannabis dispensary. The shop is…
Cannabis legalization was supposed to be a licence to print money. Three years on, nobody is turning a profit From thewalrus.ca by Kieran Delamont August 5 2021 Back in 2018, during those months before Canada legalized recreational cannabis, things were good for the pot industry. Companies were being hyped as…
Survey shows most Manitobans see private-sector inclusion of Indigenous firms as important path forward From Winnipeg Free Press by Temur Durrani June 19 2021 Seven out of 10 Manitobans believe private-sector support for Indigenous businesses is an important pathway to healing Canada’s relationship with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.…
From RealPeoples.Media EDITORIAL June 18, 2021 SIX NATIONS – On June 9, 2021 elected Chief Mark Hill and the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian Act Elected Band Council passed a new version of their “cannabis law” that will come “into force” on June 21, 2021. The law is a brazen attempt by elected…
From SaltWire by Richard McKenzie June 4 2021 MILLBROOK, N.S. — Five people are facing a variety of drug-related charges following police raids at three unlicensed cannabis shops in Millbrook on Wednesday (June 2). Although upwards of 10 such cannabis stores have been operating unhampered for some time on the…
The following are some resources concerning Indigenous cannabis. Traditional means of regulating cannabis in Mohawk Communities Cannabis regulations Dispensing Freedom has compiled various cannabis laws from a number of different communities. If you have a cannabis law that you would like to add to the listing, please send us a…
Legal pot has made Canadian justice a little fairer, with “heavily racialized” arrests for possession mostly ending. But vows on amnesty, illicit sales and Indigenous inclusion are works in progress. From NYTimes.com by Ian Austen January 23, 2021 OTTAWA — When Robert was 18, he was arrested by Montreal’s police…
From owensoundsuntimes.com original article by Scott Dunn August 24 2020 Justin Ritchie quit commercial fishing last year and now is in the pot shop business at Saugeen First Nation. When the whitefish grew scarce, due largely he said to clearer and thus warmer water closer to shore caused by zebra…
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