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CHEROKEE CANNABIS BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA TO BEGIN SALES TO ANY ADULT IN
SEPTEMBER

ByAssociated Press
Friday, August 2, 2024
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CHEROKEE, N.C. -- The marijuana retailer owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians on western North Carolina tribal lands announced Thursday that it will
begin selling cannabis products to anyone age 21 or over next month.

Great Smoky Cannabis Co. revealed the 10 a.m. Sept. 7 start date on social
media. The outlet already started July 4 to sell in-store or drive-thru products
for recreational use to adults enrolled in the tribe or in any other federally
recognized tribe. And it had just opened its doors in April initially medical
marijuana purchases for adults.

But plans were already being developed to offer products more broadly after
tribal members voted in a referendum last September backing adult recreational
use on their reservation and telling the tribal council to develop legislation
to regulate such a market. Those details were hammered out by the council,
approving language in June that effectively decriminalized cannabis on Eastern
Band land called the Qualla Boundary.

WATCH | Recreational marijuana legal for tribal members in North Carolina

While many in the region say they support recreational sales, they worry people
will buy it and take it outside tribal land.

Marijuana possession or use is otherwise illegal in North Carolina, but the
tribe can pass rules related to cannabis as a sovereign nation. Of North
Carolina and its surrounding states, only Virginia allows for the legal
recreational use of marijuana statewide.

The social media posts on Thursday offered no additional information on the
expanded sales.

Qualla Enterprises, the tribe's cannabis subsidiary, had previously signaled a
two-step process to expand to adult-use sales, limiting it initially to tribal
members.

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