Monarch America (BTFL) Emerges as the Leader In the Native American Marijuana Industry

On Thursday, December 11, 2014, the United States Department of Justice changed the landscape of the legal marijuana industry. They decided that Native American tribes across the country can grow and sell marijuana on their sovereign lands and must follow the federal guidelines in the four states where recreational marijuana is legal.

The United States is home to 326 federally recognized reservations and 566 federally recognized tribes, most of which are located in states that ban the use of marijuana for recreational purposes.

A leader emerges

In mid-June, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (FSST) became the first tribe in South Dakota to legalize marijuana. FSST is also the first tribe to legalize marijuana in a state where the use and sale of marijuana is illegal. The tribe hired Monarch America Inc. (BTFL) to design, construct and develop a grow facility on the Flandreau reservation.

Although South Dakota Attorney General...

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