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Hemp may be next gold mine for Native American tribes

Casinos on Native American land have poured billions into tribal economies since the late 1980s, lifting many people from poverty. Now, some hope, cultivating industial hemp could do the same.

 

Under US law, hemp - which comes from the same family of plants that produce marijuana - can be grown only for research, with a permit from the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

 

However, the Department of Justice opened the door for hemp cultivation by Native American tribes in 2014 when it agreed that tribes can set cannabis-related laws just as states can.

 

Native American-owned CannaNative LLC said on Monday it was in final talks with the Navajo Nation, the largest federally recognized tribe, to grow industrial hemp.

 


פרסום ראשון: 10.24.16, 21:58