Jacob Redmond
Well-Known Member
Unofficial results of Tuesday's Hoopa Valley Tribe primary election show over 60 percent of voters rejecting an initiative that would repeal the tribe's ban on marijuana grows.
The repeal of Title 34 garnered a total of 308 "yes" votes and 535 "no" votes, according to an email sent by tribal member and repeal opponent Viv Orcutt.
"Most families are affected by drug use in some way," Orcutt wrote. "Legalizing marijuana would have thrown gasoline on the existing drug problem in our community."
Hoopa Valley Tribal Council Chairwoman Danielle Vigil-Masten had previously expressed concerns about the effects of marijuana production on tribal lands.
"Our tribe is concerned about the ramification as far as the court system, water and the chemicals that (growers) use that have toxic effects on our land and also on animals," she told the Times-Standard in December.
The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council prohibited the cultivation and distribution of marijuana grows on tribal lands in 1999 after adopting Title 34. The ordinance was adopted in response to the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which allowed the use and cultivation of medical marijuana in California.
The U.S. Department of Justice issued a memo in December stating that tribes can grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same federal conditions laid out for states that have already legalized the drug.
Based off this, former Hoopa Valley Tribal Council Chairman Clifford Lyle Marshall Sr. created a petition to repeal Title 34 and gained enough signatures to have the initiative on Tuesday's ballot.
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The repeal of Title 34 garnered a total of 308 "yes" votes and 535 "no" votes, according to an email sent by tribal member and repeal opponent Viv Orcutt.
"Most families are affected by drug use in some way," Orcutt wrote. "Legalizing marijuana would have thrown gasoline on the existing drug problem in our community."
Hoopa Valley Tribal Council Chairwoman Danielle Vigil-Masten had previously expressed concerns about the effects of marijuana production on tribal lands.
"Our tribe is concerned about the ramification as far as the court system, water and the chemicals that (growers) use that have toxic effects on our land and also on animals," she told the Times-Standard in December.
The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council prohibited the cultivation and distribution of marijuana grows on tribal lands in 1999 after adopting Title 34. The ordinance was adopted in response to the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which allowed the use and cultivation of medical marijuana in California.
The U.S. Department of Justice issued a memo in December stating that tribes can grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same federal conditions laid out for states that have already legalized the drug.
Based off this, former Hoopa Valley Tribal Council Chairman Clifford Lyle Marshall Sr. created a petition to repeal Title 34 and gained enough signatures to have the initiative on Tuesday's ballot.
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Hoopa Valley Tribe rejects repeal of ban on pot grows
Author: Web Staff
Contact: Contact Us
Photo Credit: Vic Orcutt
Website: Eureka Times-Standard: Breaking News, Sports, Business, Entertainment & Eureka News
