Marijuana Trends

CHEROKEE – As the line outside of the Great Smoky Cannabis Co. slowly filed into the 10,000-square-foot dispensary, Leonard Crawford from Weaverville was practically ecstatic. He would be among the first to legally purchase recreational marijuana in North Carolina, despite the drug’s illegal status in the state.On Sept. 7, the…

(This article will be updated. Read our earlier coverage here.)More areas of Western North Carolina were beginning to transition into recovery mode Wednesday after Tropical Storm Helene left communities devastated, roads impassable and thousands without power. Many local and state officials cautioned residents, saying a return to normalcy would take weeks, not days.…