In a memorandum released Thursday, the Justice Department announced it will instruct all U.S. attorneys to NOT prevent Native American tribes from cultivating or selling marijuana on reservation lands in spite of any state laws that may be in place. The law of the land will be left up to each individual tribe, with federal law enforcement officials available to continue prosecuting "marijuana crimes" if the tribes so wish. By all that is right this shouldn't have even been a question considering the reservations are sovereign lands.
“Finally, Native Americans are really beginning to experience true sovereignty,” says Dan Skye, editor-in-chief of HIGH TIMES. “Cannabis -- whether it’s industrial hemp, medical or recreational marijuana -- can provide employment and economic stimulus on Indian reservations which is so desperately needed."
