Eastern Band of Cherokee launches recreational, adult-use marijuana in NC; long lines form – citizen-times.com
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 Eastern Band officially opened the dispensary to all customers ages 21 and up. Eager customers came from across the Southeast, forming a line that stretched out the dispensary door almost to a nearby road several hundred feet away. Some arrived just after midnight, while others drove through the night to get the dispensary by its 10 a.m. opening, as it would be among one of the first recreational marijuana dispensaries in the region to open.
