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Passamaquoddy Tribe to Build Marijuana Cultivation Facility

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 09/09/2015 - 18:23
INDIAN TOWNSHIP, Maine — The Passamaquoddy Tribe here will work with a Colorado medical marijuana consulting firm to build a cultivation facility on tribal land in Washington County.

Passamaquoddy officials say the facility will be used for industrial hemp production, but would not rule out a shift to medicinal and recreational marijuana cultivation as state and federal cannabis laws continue to change.

The Passamaquoddies have tried, in vain, to bring more economic opportunity and good-paying jobs to tribal members, living Down East in Maine's poorest county.

Efforts to build a casino on tribal lands have been consistently blocked at the ballot box and in the Legislature. Plans to build a $120 million wind farm have not panned out.

So now, Passamaquoddy Chief Billy Nicholas says the tribe is joining others across the nation who see a potential gold mine in marijuana and hemp cultivation.

"We know we're in the...

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