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Not since the tobacco industry started taking off has the scale of economic opportunities hitting Indigenous communities reached the heights some are now seeing with the controversial cannabis industry. Six Nations has always had a historical involvement with tobacco from both traditional to contemporary use but, like other Indigenous communities, it can\u2019t claim the same historical record with cannabis use and that unfamiliarity with the product is causing concern as outside interests once again move to take hold. Massive cannabis fields are taking over whole sections of what was once farm lands and in-some-cases close to schools. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) moved to try to control the industry while at the same time giving it, its stamp of approval, when it launched its cannabis bylaw and installed a commission…. <\/p>\n

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Not since the tobacco industry started taking off has the scale of economic opportunities hitting Indigenous communities reached the heights some are now seeing with the controversial cannabis industry. Six Nations has always had a historical involvement with tobacco from both traditional to contemporary use but, like other Indigenous communities, it can\u2019t claim the same historical record with cannabis use and that unfamiliarity with the product is causing concern as outside interests once again move to take hold. Massive cannabis fields are taking over whole sections of what was once farm lands and in-some-cases close to schools. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) moved to try to control the industry while at the same time giving it, its stamp of approval, when it launched its cannabis bylaw and installed a commission.... <\/p>\n

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