Medical Cannabis Regulations Voted On By N.C. Eastern Band Of Cherokee Indians

The N.C. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Council recently voted to approve a medical cannabis resolution to allow legal language on the regulation of medical cannabis in the state.

The resolution, according to the Citizen Times, seeks “to further the agenda effectively and efficiently coordinating in the administration of medical cannabis laws across the jurisdictions of the state of North Carolina and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians"

In August 2021, the EBCI Council voted to allow the cultivation, sale and usage of medical marijuana, or MMJ, on its lands.

By November 2022, the tribe began growing medicinal cannabis, hoping to open its first MMJ retail store sometime in 2023. At that time, general manager Forrest Parker of Qualla Enterprises, the company's tribal subsidiary, planned to employ up to 500 workers once the company was fully operational.

In addition, the tribe's EBCI Cannabis Control Board, which regulates marijuana business licenses, voted to give Qualla Enterprises $63 million.

“It gives us a lot of confidence that we’re surrounded by people that have done this so many times, that have the experience, that has the understanding,” said Parker.

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