As NC's 1st cannabis dispensary opens, Cherokee Co. DA to 'continue to enforce state law' – citizen-times.com
ASHEVILLE – Even as the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians prepares to begin selling medical marijuana at the Great Smoky Cannabis Company dispensary on April 20, the district attorney for the counties surrounding tribal land said her office will continue to enforce the state’s marijuana laws.
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said she respects the EBCI’s tribal sovereignty, but plans to enforce North Carolina state law, which prohibits the cultivation, distribution and possession of marijuana. Welch is the chief criminal prosecutor in Prosecutorial District 43, which includes Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties.
