Replies to post #1952 on United Cannabis Corp. (fka CNABQ)

[UglyAmerican]

How convenient you only quoted the positive, I'll post the reality later.

[UglyAmerican]

Reality: Outside the tribe and its partners, the project seems to have few vocal supporters in Ukiah.

Small marijuana farmers, many of whom operated illegally for years, are worried that such a big enterprise will hurt their sales, strain the water supply and mar the county's reputation for primo bud. "It's like Costco coming to town," said Julia Carrera of the Small Farmers Assn. "The small mom-and-pop can no longer survive."

County supervisors, who learned about the tribe's plans from newspaper accounts, are wary.

"This proposal flies squarely in the face of local law," said Mendocino County Supervisor John McCowen. "And it's hard for me to see how this would be consistent with state law."

"I can understand how they would be allowed to grow it, but I don't understand how they would distribute it," said Supervisor Dan Hamburg. "This is supposed to be a money-making venture. How do they turn it into cash in such a confused legal environment?"
-LA Times

[UglyAmerican]

Reality: The District Attorney AND the Department of Justice oppose this project. Whether or not the Pomo's can claim sovereignty is beside the point, this is a HUGE red flag and likely deal killer. From the LA Times:

"The Department of Justice is absolutely still committed to enforcing the marijuana laws and the controlled substance laws in this country," said Abraham Simmons, spokesman for Melinda Haag, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California who harshed Mendocino's mellow in 2011 after the county allowed medical pot users to grow 99 pot plants per parcel. After Haag threatened legal action, the county scaled back to its current limit.

The local district attorney intends to enforce state and local laws.

"The feds didn't send me any memo, and they don't tell me what to do," said Mendocino County Dist. Atty. David Eyster. "Marijuana is a state issue ... and medicinal marijuana cannot be grown with an intent to make a profit."

Michael Canales, the Pinoleville tribe's business board president, said Pinoleville is within its rights to develop a nonprofit farm".