Navajo Nation Passes Resolution Outlawing Hemp
Navajo Nation allows neither hemp nor THC-rich cannabis production
The Navajo Nation Council has passed an amendment officially defining “marijuana” as all parts of the cannabis plant. Additionally, the resolution allows for civil property forfeiture for offenses related to cannabis possession, transportation, sale, use, trade, or delivery, and requires Navajo Nation officials convicted of such offenses to forfeit their elected office or employment.
Currently, the Navajo Nation allows neither hemp nor THC-rich cannabis production, except for a government-backed hemp pilot program in partnership with New Mexico State University.
The resolution comes about three weeks after District of Shiprock Judge Genevieve Woody issued a temporary restraining order halting hemp production on Navajo lands as Tribal leaders claim hemp cultivator Dineh Benally has used an unapproved hemp farm on the reservation as a front for THC-rich cannabis, according to an AZ Central report. Benally argues that the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill allowed him to cultivate hemp and Navajo law had no penalty for growing hemp.
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