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…
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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…
Matthew Esquimaux, the owner of Buddies Smoke Shop in Aundeck Omni Kaning, shares his story of ongoing persecution at the hands of the UCCM police.
A grassroots coalition has emerged – in the face of Band Council opposition and violent police raids – to set rules and to ensure the safety of Indigenous cannabis industry at Six Nations. From realpeoples.media original article July 13 2020 SIX NATIONS – The ongoing saga of cannabis dispensaries at Six…
Community-driven cannabis coalition calls statement a ‘slap in the face’ From cbc.ca Original Article by Dan Taekema Jule 2 2020 In December of 2017 Dispensing Freedom conducting an in-depth survey on attitudes towards cannabis in Six Nations, the results of which can be seen here. The Six Nations of the…
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