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56.01.030 Control of Marijuana

(a) This title shall govern the cultivation, processing, and distribution of Marijuana on the reservation, will increase the ability of Tribe to control the possession and consumption of Marijuana on the reservation, and will provide an additional source of revenue for regulating and controlling Marijuana and drug related activity.

(b) Tribal regulation of the possession, consumption, cultivation, processing, distribution, and research of Marijuana on the reservation is necessary to protect the health, security, and general welfare of the Tribal community, and to address tribal concerns relating to use of Marijuana on the reservation. In order to further these goals and to provide an additional source of governmental revenue, the Tribe has adopted this title, which shall be liberally construed to fulfill the purposes for which it has been adopted.

(c) Nothing in this title shall be deemed by the Tribe Judiciary or law enforcement to be in positive conflict with the federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. section 801 et seq.

(d) Nothing in this title shall be deemed to legalize or create a right to use, grow, harvest, process, or distribute Marijuana for recreational purposes.

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