Marijuana will be available to purchase in North Carolina for the first time on Saturday, which will be April 20, or 4/20.
The Great Smoky Cannabis Company, a dispensary, will start selling medical marijuana in the Qualla Boundary at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The tribal council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians legalized medical marijuana in 2021, and plant harvesting began last year.
What You Need To Know The Great Smoky Cannabis Company will open on Saturday, 4/20, marking the first time medical marijuana will be sold in North Carolina
The dispensary is in the Qualla Boundary, tribal land belonging to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
The tribe legalized medical marijuana in 2021, and harvested its first plants last year
Tribe members voted to legalize recreational marijuana last September, and it could be sold in tribal land soon
The new dispensary technically makes North Carolina the 39th state, on top of three territories and the District of Columbia, where medical marijuana can be purchased.
But marijuana is still illegal in North Carolina and federally. The Qualla Boundary is tribal land in the far-west corner of North Carolina, and is a sovereign nation
