POT TV – Smoke Signals brings good medicine to the conversation about what legalization really means.
From disproportionate arrest rates for cannabis to a complete denial of medical cannabis coverage reimbursement, First Nation communities have suffered under the Canadian government’s marijuana prohibition.
Smoke Signals spoke to Six Nations Police Staff Sgt Dave Smoke about the reality of cannabis laws on Aboriginal land. Why are dispensaries being raided when they’re on sovereign land, and meeting a local medical demand? What’s being done to stop arrests and the need for amnesty? Why are tobacco, alcohol, methadone, and other street drugs less of a priority for a First Nation police force?
