By SCOTT MCKIE B.P.
One Feather Asst. Editor

CHEROKEE, N.C. – All adults 21-years-old and up will soon be able to purchase cannabis products on the Qualla Boundary. The Great Smoky Cannabis Co., operated by Qualla Enterprises, LLC, an entity of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), will start full adult-use sales on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. The day marks a full year since EBCI voters approved a referendum allowing adult-use sales on tribal lands.

The dispensary started adult-use sales to EBCI tribal members and members of other federally recognized tribes on July 4, 2024. It first opened on April 20, 2024 for sales of medical cannabis. EBCI Beloved Woman Myrtle Driver purchased the first legal medical cannabis in the State of North Carolina, and Carolyn West, an EBCI tribal member and Qualla Enterprises, LLC board chairperson, purchased the first legal adult-use cannabis in the state.

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