Hundreds of tribal leaders, lawyers and marijuana-industry representatives gathered in Tulalip on Friday for the nation’s first tribal marijuana conference, an event that served as much as a policy debate on the merits of legalization as it did an educational session.
More than 60 tribes from at least 25 states were represented, said Erica Curnutte, who organized the event.
Marijuana business was described by one proponent, Nevada state Sen. Tick Segerblom, as a “gold mine” in one session, and in another as a venture into unsettled legal space that will likely pay better for lawyers than those assuming the risk.Publicly, tribes have been wary of entering the marijuana
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