marijuana

A federal grand jury has indicted a Navajo man, his father and a business partner on charges that they were running illegal marijuana growing operations in New Mexico and on the Navajo Nation to supply the black market.

Authorities on the Navajo Nation have charged two members with illegally growing marijuana on tribal lands, marking just the latest development in a years-long case that also has involved allegations of forced labor.

New Mexico marijuana regulators have revoked the licenses of two growing operations for numerous violations and have levied a fine of $1 million against each business.

An Arizona marijuana dispensary with locations in Cottonwood and Prescott Valley has issued a voluntary recall after some of its products tested positive for mold.

Two defendants have been named in a lawsuit alleging forced labor and human trafficking stemming from an illegal marijuana grow operation on the Navajo Nation. A group of workers who immigrated from China say they were lured to northern New Mexico under false pretenses and forced to work 14 hours a day trimming marijuana.

Both contaminated products were discovered during routine inspections and have since been removed from store shelves.

The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that state officials were wrong to put a woman who legally used medical marijuana while pregnant on an employment-related list indicating she had neglected a child through prenatal exposure of her infant.

A federal raid on a small household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is sowing confusion and resentment about U.S. drug enforcement priorities on Native American lands, as more states roll out legal marketplaces for recreational pot.

The deadline to get free state-mandated training to run a marijuana dispensary or similar cannabis business in Arizona as part of a social equity ownership program is fast approaching.

In Arizona, medical marijuana is already legal, but Proposition 207 on the current ballot would legalize recreational sale and use for those 21 and older.…