FLANDREAU, S.D. — An Indian tribe in South Dakota that plans to start selling marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes has chosen a Colorado-based company to grow and distribute the drug on the reservation.
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe on Wednesday signed a contract with Monarch America, Inc. The company will be responsible for designing the single, indoor site where the drug will be cultivated and sold.
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The tribe earlier this month on the reservation’s land. Tribal leaders hope to begin selling the drug by Jan. 1.
Leaders estimate the community could earn a monthly profit of $2 million.
The prospect of pot on tribal land is made possible by a in December.
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has said any changes in tribal laws won’t affect any non-Indians or any non-tribal lands.
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