Legalizing Marijuana on Indian Reservations

In the article I read in the LA Times called How legalizing marijuana on Indian reservations could end the prohibition on pot the author is trying to reach an audience of Native Americans or anyone that wants marijuana to be legalized nationally. He talks about how marijuana should be legalized on Native American reservations due to the fact they should have the same rights as states.He also says that if this happens it could potentially end the prohibition of marijuana nationally. The author claims this due to the fact that there are states that have not made the use of marijuana legal yet, but would have reservations within the state distributing marijuana legally.
The author succeeded in making a credible article in my opinion because he did things like using statistics and specific examples. For example he states "There are more than 300 reservations in some 30 states."(cavanaugh,P2). With that many reservations in 30 of our states I would have to agree that if this law was passed it would be difficult for the feds to keep marijuana illegal nationally due to the large increase of accessibility. The author also states "Indian lands are sovereign nations and should get equal or more deferential treatment than the states."  I have to agree with this as well many Native American reservations already have their own laws put in place due to the fact they are sovereign nations. So it only seems fair to me that on the reservations the Native Americans should be allowed to decide whether it is legal or not if it has already been made legal in other states in the nation.
On the other hand I think the author contrasted his opinion when he said "In some parts of the country it could be easier to legally buy pot than get an abortion." I believe that this was a poor comparison and I could see how it would throw the reader off.
  Overall at the end of the article I agree that since the Native American nations are sovereign nations they should have the right to decided if they want to legalize it. I also agree that it would increase the access of marijuana nationally. I also think that the author should of given more positive examples of the legalization of marijuana being decided by the reservations instead of contrasting his own opinion in the article.