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For the second time in six months Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) found itself facing community concerns over the local regulated and unregulated cannabis industry including concerns of potential violence erupting. Local residents along with a Tyendinaga resident, told SNEC the community may have to take matters into their own hands to force the shut down of Legacy Farms, a 110 acre cannabis grow operation owned by Aaron Porter. Porter holds a massive operation. Nancy Porter has been pressuring SNEC to shut down the farm operating behind her home. She warned they may have to resort to force with the support of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC), to shut it down . Several community members expressed frustration and fear about cannabis, drug use, and safety in the community. Some… <\/p>\n

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For the second time in six months Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) found itself facing community concerns over the local regulated and unregulated cannabis industry including concerns of potential violence erupting. Local residents along with a Tyendinaga resident, told SNEC the community may have to take matters into their own hands to force the shut down of Legacy Farms, a 110 acre cannabis grow operation owned by Aaron Porter. Porter holds a massive operation. Nancy Porter has been pressuring SNEC to shut down the farm operating behind her home. She warned they may have to resort to force with the support of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC), to shut it down . Several community members expressed frustration and fear about cannabis, drug use, and safety in the community. Some... <\/p>\n

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