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2 New Mexico tribes closer to recreational cannabis sales

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By CEDAR ATTANASIO
Associated Press / Report for America

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two tribes in northern New Mexico are closer to having recreational cannabis sales after signing taxation agreements with the state last week. State officials are announcing the agreement this week saying they’re formally recognizing the authority of the Pojoaque and Picuris pueblos to sell and tax cannabis. The state’s 12% tax on the product won’t be levied on products sold by the tribes. Tribes will still have to operate in a legal gray zone, as cannabis is illegal at the federal level. Federal law enforcement have raided cannabis grow sites in Picuris Pueblo, including those that followed state laws.

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