Yakama Nation in Washington Won't Recognize State Law Legalizing Recreational Marijuana

Tribal authorities will be notified if anyone requests a permit from tribal lands

Leaders of central Washington's Yakama Nation say they won't recognize the state's legalized recreational marijuana law.

Marijuana remains illegal on the 1.2 million-acre reservation, said the tribe's attorney George Colby, who added that the citizens of Washington lack the authority to legalize recreational pot use on tribal lands.