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The settlement reached Wednesday states that the St. Croix Chippewa do not need permission from the state Department of Agriculture to start growing hemp on their lands in northwestern Wisconsin.

The consent decree “settles a legal challenge filed by the tribe in U.S. district court and allows the tribe to move forward with its own regulatory program for hemp and CBD, as well as establish a tribally owned and operated hemp business.”

McAllister Garfield attorney, Garrett L. Davey, recently appeared on the nationally syndicated talk show Native America Calling to discuss cannabis issues in Indian country. Click on the links below to listen to a discussion of salient issues facing American Indian tribes seeking entry into the cannabis market. Monday, February 19, 2018 – Marijuana’s controversial cousin: […]

“There’s no doubt that Jeff Sessions intended to ,” McAllister said. “and in fact did destabilize the cannabis industry”….

“There is billions of dollars of cannabis money washing through the banking system every year,” McAllister said. “And the federal government and the Congress continues to stick its head in the sand and…

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is under heavy criticism — even from within his own Republican Party — for announcing last week that federal prosecutors can decide for themselves whether to press pot cases in the states that have legalized its use, reversing an Obama-era policy in which the federal government mostly turned a blind eye to marijuana (which is still […]

The sale of recreational cannabis became legal in California on New Year’s Day. Just four days later, the Trump administration acted in effect to undermine that state law by allowing federal prosecutors to be more aggressive in prosecuting marijuana cases….

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding the Obama-era policy that had paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in Colorado and other states. Political push back on all sides from across the state was swift and steady….

Daniel Garfield began working with owners of marijuana-based companies when Colorado legalized cannabis.

Recreational stores located north of Colfax Avenue in Aurora and all retail stores in Northglenn will be subject to the tax increase, in addition to any stores that open in unincorporated parts of the county after Jan. 1.

The genesis of the Golden Age of the Ganjapreneuer in Colorado began in 2001, when Colorado voters amended the Colorado Constitution by adopting Amendment 20.