The Santee Sioux tribe announced it plans to open what would be the U.S.’ first marijuana resort in South Dakota, a state where recreational pot remains illegal.
Marijuana plants in a germinating facility on the Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation.
Jay Pickthorn / AP
Jay Pickthorn / AP
The Santee Sioux tribe, which includes 400 members, plans to add a smoking lounge and other weed actives to its already successful casino, hotel, and ranch, creating the first marijuana resort in the United States.
The endeavor is unique, since even in the states with legalized weed, it's not allowed to be consumed in public. It might be more like an experience had in Amsterdam, which has a bustling tourism industry crop up around its smoking cafes.
Leaders of the tribe are already growing marijuana on the reservation and plan to sell it in a lounge, which will include an arcade, nightclub, and restaurant. They hope to eventually add slot machines and a concert venue.
"We want it to be an adult playground," tribal President Anthony Reider said to the Associated Press. "There's nowhere else in American that has something like this."
The tribe is located in South Dakota, where weed has not been legalized, but the Justice Department in June gave Native Americans permission to grow and sell marijuana.
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