Eastern Band of Cherokee vote to legalize recreational marijuana; only place in NC September 8, 2023 AggregatedNews Native American reservations, North Carolina 0 Comments Cherokee tribal members in a historic vote have said yes to recreational marijuana, paving the way for the reservation to become the only place in North Carolina legalizing its use. The Sept. 7 referendum showed overwhelming support for the change… Read More→
Tribes left behind by America’s marijuana laws April 6, 2022 AggregatedNews Native American reservations, Native American Tribal Lands 1 Comment In a high mountain valley near Taos, N.M., the 300-person Picuris Pueblo tribe can farm whatever they want — except for one lucrative crop that is legal to grow everywhere else in the state: marijuana. The Picuris are a poor… Read More→
Cannabis bust on Indigenous land highlights legal divide November 21, 2021 AggregatedNews Native American reservations 0 Comments SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal raid on a household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is sowing uncertainty and resentment about U.S. drug enforcement priorities on Native American reservations, as more states roll out legal… Read More→