Obama administration to allow Native American tribes to grow and sell marijuana

Yahoo ^ | Dec 11, 2014 | German Lopez

[BAW]

The Obama administration will direct attorneys to not prevent Native American tribes on reservations from growing and selling marijuana even in states where pot is illegal, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday. Some federal restrictions will still apply. Marijuana can't be sold to minors, grown on public land, fall into the hands of drug cartels, or systemically spread to states where the drug remains illegal.

It's unclear how many tribes will take advantage of the opportunity. Many are opposed to marijuana legalization.

The federal government will continue enforcing prohibition for those tribes, at their request, even in states where pot is legal.

The Justice Department guidance allows Native American tribes to enforce their own marijuana laws, regardless of what state law says. So tribes could set up schemes to grow and sell marijuana in states where it's illegal, or ban marijuana in states, such as Colorado, where it's legal.

The approach continues a longstanding legal tradition in the US, in which the federal government generally maintains more oversight of tribal lands than states — and has the authority to issue these types of regulations.

[1010RD]

If we cannot agree on the obvious, then it’s fruitless to continue our discussion. Enjoy your Sabbath Day.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

If we cannot agree on the obvious...

Isn't it a common observation that the obvious is usually the overlooked?

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. — George Orwell

We either spell it out or miss yet another opportunity.

[1010RD]

If you are interested take a look at America 3.0. The Absolute Nuclear Family is one in which the parents have no claim on their adult children and vice versa. You choose your own spouse and it’s a pretty rare family style worldwide. We owe our modern civilization to this kind of family.

http://isteve.blogspot.com/2012/07/absolute-nuclear-families.html

http://www2.eur.nl/fsw/research/veenhoven/Pub2010s/FamilyTypes&Happiness.pdf

[Aleya2Fairlie]

Well said! The “screen reservation” and the virtual world in which a lot of people live today is a very fragile thing that could disappear in an instant. So would the millions that know nothing of the real world.