White people in South Dakota are clearly too stupid to manage the industry and if the Neanderthal South Dakota Legislature had any integrity or ethics (they don’t) they would empower the tribal nations trapped in South Dakota to be the sole cannabis producers, inspectors and distributors in the state (they won't).
Today, the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s marijuana industry brings in about $700,000 per year through fees and taxes; currently across Pine Ridge Reservation there are 11 dispensaries, 11 processors and nine cultivators according to the most recent executive director for the Marijuana Commission, Justin Pourier. Today, our cultivators still travel to Flandreau to have their crops tested, added Pourier, we’ve looked at having someone set up a testing lab here on the reservation or bringing in a mobile lab but that hasn’t worked and to build our own lab here would cost $700,000 to $1 million for the equipment so our cultivators make that trip regularly to Flandreau – there is an agreement that as long as they are carrying a correct manifest, SD State Patrol will not bother them. [Lakota Times]The State of South Dakota receives revenue from the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe through a compact with the 423 member Isanti Dakota Oyate but disputes over cannabis, liquor and gaming have been ongoing for decades.
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