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November 26, 2015

U.S. tribes are finding pot is a risky business

  • Experts are urging tribal leaders to weigh the risks before moving forward with legalizing and growing pot.
  • By MARY HUDETZ
    Associated Press

    SANTA FE, N.M. — Tribes across the U.S. are finding marijuana is risky business nearly a year after a Justice Department policy indicated they could grow and sell pot under the same guidelines as states.

    Federal raids on tribal cannabis operations in California followed by a South Dakota tribe's move this month to burn its crop amid fears it could be next have raised questions over whether there's more to complying with DOJ standards than a department memo suggested last December.


     
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