Omaha Tribe shifts its focus from legalizing pot to growing hemp

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/omaha-tribe-shifts-its-focus-from-legalizing-pot-to-growing/article_859e3587-cf7d-54fd-ae82-9d78e6b6fa25.html

POSTED: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2015 12:30 AM
By Joe Duggan / World-Herald Bureau

LINCOLN — Officials with the Omaha Tribe have tamped down their hopes of using marijuana to alleviate crippling poverty on their reservation.

Majorities in a November referendum voted to support legalizing the drug for recreational and medical purposes. The tribe’s elected officials said they would explore developing marijuana as a commercial enterprise on a reservation with 3,500 members plagued by 69 percent unemployment.

But they have taken no additional steps after a federal prosecutor promised legal action if the Omaha Tribe started selling the drug. And their enthusiasm was curbed even further when the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, which planned to open a pot lounge on New Year’s Eve, destroyed its marijuana crop ahead of an anticipated raid by federal agents.

“It’s not feasible — not yet,” Maurice Johnson, attorney general for the tribe, said last week.

FULL story at link.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Hemp is now the new

Corn. No Herbicides,no Pesticides,couple of good rains and away you go. Outside of Alfalfa,Hemp is the best Bio Mass fuel,and you don't have to worry about the neighbor kids getting goofy. Sure going to piss off Dow and Dupont. BTW,best clothing every made came from Hemp.

[TlalocW]

2. I hope it works out for them

So much can come from hemp, but I worry that if the feds were planning a raid over marijuana, they'll do it over hemp as well - they have been lumped together in a legal sense for so long in order to protect lumber interests.

TlalocW

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Hemp sustained many a Midwest Farmer in the Thirties and Forties.

Dupont,Dow and GE killed the industry by promoting a False Native of Addiction in order to sell their new Synthetic Fibers. Same for the Flax Industry and their loss of Linen Paper. Hemp is Renewable,plant it,cut it and let Nature do it's thing.

[Marrah_G]

4. Awesome

Hemp is a fantastic plant. Hemp cloth makes amazing, durable clothes. It is one of my favorite fabrics to work with.

[jwirr]

5. Actually turning to Hemp growing makes more sense anyhow.

It is only a matter of time before mj becomes a corporate product no matter what we do. Hemp no so much.