Next Leaf Pharma is a marijuana dispensary in Salamanca, N.Y., that sits between the local bank and Dollar Tree on Native American land. A step ahead for American Indian reservations A customer in a dispensary in Kill Buck, a town on Seneca Territory, said they had driven over an hour to visit the dispensary.
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“There’s a considerable amount of money to be made in the industry, especially with New York lagging behind,” tribal lawyer Lee Redeye said.īut doing so has raised a series of questions about how the tribes are procuring the marijuana, how it may ultimately be regulated and whether the tribes could have to reach a compact with New York to tax sales.įor many in Western New York, the Seneca reservation is the closest place to purchase legal weed, far from other legal destinations like Massachusetts or Canada. New Yorkers on the other hand must wait until the state finishes developing regulations in the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act - with regulated sales expected before year’s end. Therefore, tribal governments have been able to develop and implement their own rules and regulations around retail sales and cultivation of marijuana, outpacing the statewide plans and reaping the financial benefits. State officials said it is legal for the tribes across New York to sell marijuana before regulators have adopted their own rules because the tribes have sovereignty.
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