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I forgot a lil weed pouch with only maybe a gram of weed and a quarter gram of wax behind at the casino and the house keeping staff turned it over too the tribal county police or possibly the town police also right there and I asked why since it's a legal state and they said it's because it's technically federal land and it's illegal federally... idk how I should proceed... should I call them the police or just ignore it.....
 
Marijuana incident said:
I forgot a lil weed pouch with only maybe a gram of weed and a quarter gram of wax behind at the casino and the house keeping staff turned it over too the tribal county police or possibly the town police also right there and I asked why since it's a legal state and they said it's because it's technically federal land and it's illegal federally... idk how I should proceed... should I call them the police or just ignore it.....
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What do you think would be the wisest choice? Think about it and the correct course of action, or inaction, will come to you.
 
Michiganders (21 years of age or older) can possess up to 2.5 ounces of flower (marijuana product smoked in joints), or 15 grams of concentrate, which is the resin from cannabis plants used for edibles, dabs, vaping, and other products.

How much is 2.5 ounces of weed? Estimating how many joints 2.5 ounces can produce depends on the size of the joint. Based on 0.5 grams per joint, the Michigan limit yields about 140 joints. (CRMLA appears to roll bigger-than-average joints, because they estimate the personal limit produces roughly 80 joints.)



But watch where you tread: Cannabis is not allowed on the grounds of a K-12 school and remains a felony on federally owned property, such as national parks, military bases, courthouses, federal buildings, recreational use lands, and Indian/Native American Tribal Reservations.

Casinos to Cannabis

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Marijuana incident said:
I forgot a lil weed pouch with only maybe a gram of weed and a quarter gram of wax behind at the casino and the house keeping staff turned it over too the tribal county police or possibly the town police also right there and I asked why since it's a legal state and they said it's because it's technically federal land and it's illegal federally... idk how I should proceed... should I call them the police or just ignore it.....
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The answer you received is not quite right. Native American lands are lands owned by the tribe but may be held in trust for the tribe by the federal government. Native American tribes are sovereign nations with relationships with the federal government but, while sovereign, are still subject to many federal laws. What this means is that a Native American tribe could make it illegal to have weed on reservation land even though the state in which the trible is located has legalized it. And of course, federal law makes possession of weed illegal everywhere in the country. While it is illegal under federal law everywhere, the Justice Department under President Obama determined that in general the feds will not enforce the federal law on possession of weed against persons in states that have legalized it. But because reservation land is separate from the state itself, the feds might well enforce it on Native American reservations.

The bottom line is when on a Native American owned casino on reservation lands the rules are a bit different there than in the non reservation parts of the state. So when going gambling, leave the weed at home.
 
I'm not really following your question, but if you were on tribal land, you were subject to tribal or federal law. Michigan state has no application on tribal land. If you haven't been charged with a crime or contacted by law enforcement, your best course of action is likely to do nothing.
 

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