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madokie

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25. this is awesome

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2014, 07:27 PM

Dec 2014

My wife is a card carrying native American even though she doesn't smoke pot maybe she would if she legally could.

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Tribes Can Legalize Pot, Justice Department Decides [View all] n2doc Dec 2014 OP

This is a real game-changer. TygrBright Dec 2014 #1

Yes, but as the grandmother and great grandmother of Native Americans I am not sure how I feel. jwirr Dec 2014 #2

It will not be without damage, certainly. TygrBright Dec 2014 #4

The big danger DonCoquixote Dec 2014 #5

That is one of the things I fear. Here in MN the tribe runs its own casinos so is not as subject to jwirr Dec 2014 #7

not as likely DonCoquixote Dec 2014 #9

At the moment the drug of choice around here is pain releavers and meth. The tribe is doing every jwirr Dec 2014 #12

Parts of our tribes already live in resort areas but as for ours we do not live where a resort is jwirr Dec 2014 #14

Hugh!!! Strelnikov_ Dec 2014 #31

At last, a source of income for tribal nations that doesn't involve gambling! KamaAina Dec 2014 #3

They have other revenue streams Major Nikon Dec 2014 #8

We used to go to nearby Indian reservations to buy fireworks. SpankMe Dec 2014 #6

This is going to be really, really interesting around here nichomachus Dec 2014 #10

Wow, that will be interesting. progressoid Dec 2014 #11

Our res is very much like that also. They have been using casino profits to buy back the lands. jwirr Dec 2014 #13

Our situation is a little different nichomachus Dec 2014 #15

I know about that situation. Long ago the tribe here went to court to stop that practice since those jwirr Dec 2014 #17

That's not happening here nichomachus Dec 2014 #18

That is a very different situation. Most of the land here is forests and native homes that they live jwirr Dec 2014 #20

The cops can't control it. musiclawyer Dec 2014 #23

Karma. Whites used fire water to separate Native Americans from their land. hollowdweller Dec 2014 #16

I hope so. jwirr Dec 2014 #19

The tribes aren't even part of this country,...according to a bit of legal fiction.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #21

Not exactly the Federal Government classifies them as "domestic dependent nations". n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2014 #26

So,....just like the Confederacy. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #33

I see...Pot Lounges. trof Dec 2014 #22

The local tribe is building a new hotel and spa nichomachus Dec 2014 #24

And a free Munchies Bar! trof Dec 2014 #27

Free? You don't know the tribe. Ain't no free. N/t nichomachus Dec 2014 #28

Pot lounges AND casinos, wow! bklyncowgirl Dec 2014 #35

That's what it's all about. trof Dec 2014 #38

this is awesome madokie Dec 2014 #25

Happy hunting grounds packman Dec 2014 #29

Watch what you wish for.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #34

I'm gettin' that swamp fever - - - feelin' that Seminole wind Baclava Dec 2014 #30

maybe this should be pointed out to that nimrod who called native americans "wards niyad Dec 2014 #32

Tax Free as well I hope so should be a lot cheaper than in States where it is legal. Bandit Dec 2014 #36

I didn't see this coming WheelWalker Dec 2014 #37