Are ‘marijuana resorts’ the new tribal casinos?
Get ready for some corny “peace pipe” jokes because Native American tribes are jumping on the weed wagon.
Ever since the U.S. Department of Justice sent out a memo last year giving tribes the green light to legalize marijuana, they’ve been trying to figure out how to prosper from it. FoxBarry, a Kansas company that helped build the first major tribal marijuana grow on a ranch in California, reportedly said that over 100 more tribes have reached out to them. Two Wisconsin tribes, the Menominee and the Ho-Chunk, have announced their plans to move forward with legal weed. And the Santee Sioux tribe in South Dakota caused a recent media stir byannouncing it would open America’s first “marijuana resort.”
These tribes are hoping that pot resorts and industrial-sized grows will be the next casinos—or better yet, that selling weed will provide an even bigger economic boost to Native lands than gambling...
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