South Dakota: Sioux See Bonanza In Pot Smoking Lounge
The Santee Sioux hope the marijuana "smoking lounge" they are building in a converted bowling alley will bring $2 million a month to the tribe, despite opposition from the governor, who calls the project illegal.
Workers are gutting a bowling alley across the parking from the tribe's new growing warehouse, and plan the grand opening on New Year's Eve. Tribal President Tony Reider envisions a hotspot with a stage for performers, a dance floor, a bar, restaurant, smoking lounge and marijuana dispensary.
The tribe invited all 105 members of South Dakota's Legislature to tour both facilities on Friday, but only five showed up.
Governor Dennis Daugaard was a no-show.
"He believes this facility violates federal law," his chief of staff Tony Venhuizen told Courthouse News. "He also opposes the legalization of marijuana in any part of South Dakota."
State Rep. Jim Bolin also declined. "I have a very firm belief...
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