Warm Springs tribes look out of state for marijuana help

As the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs seek to become the first in the state to sell reservation-grown marijuana, they have looked out of state for help with growing and selling their new cash crop.

That’s where Sentinel-Strainwise comes in. Just created in May, the joint venture between Florida-based investment group Sentinel Capital Partners and Strainwise Inc., a corporation that provides consultation, services and support to marijuana cultivators and dispensaries in Colorado and elsewhere, was sought out by the tribes last year.

“We found that Sentinel-Services had the right team that provided what we needed — expertise and training,” Don Sampson, chief executive officer of Warm Spring Ventures, the business arm of the tribes, said Friday. “Over the year or so that we’ve been working together, we’ve been looking at other (Strainwise) facilities and taking tours. We liked the fact that they have a full team of 130 employees that...

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