Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes ofwebsite accessibilityNorth Carolina’s first medical cannabis dispensary opens for business
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CHEROKEE, N.C. — Medical marijuana can now be legally purchased in North Carolina with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opening its long-planned dispensary this weekend on tribal land.
Hundreds of people, many with approved medical patient cards to purchase items, celebrated the historic opening of the Great Smoky Cannabis Co. on Saturday within the Eastern Band land known as the Qualla Boundary, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported. Saturday was April 20, which is also known as “420 Day,” or an annual day for the celebration of marijuana.
The ceremony marks the latest liberalization of marijuana rules by the tribe, which in 2021 decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana within its 89 square miles (231 square kilometers) of land in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The tribe also formed a medical marijuana system that included a tribe-created business to grow cannabis and sell it, reaping financial rewards for the tribal members and assisting those with medical conditions.
“This project will change the trajectory of their lives forever,” Forrest Parker, general manager for Qualla Enterprises, the tribal company that manages the dispensary, said during the opening ceremony. “It will be a conduit to generations of social, economic and spiritual growth, unlike anything that’s ever been
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) – Biloxi Town Green was flooded with local dispensaries, food trucks, and live entertainment for the Mississippi Cannabis Festival.
Local dispensaries came out to showcase their products as well as educate people on the benefits of medical marijuana.
One local dispensary says it’s important to educate people on medical cannabis to help provide another avenue of treatment.
“I believe that without this there will be a lot of things happening that shouldn’t happen and it gives people a better outlet to be healthy, especially if they’re old and skeptical of doing other things,” one woman said.
If you would like to attempt to receive a medical marijuana card, you can visit the state’s health department website.
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In the heart of Poughkeepsie, New York, cannabis enthusiasts have a new reason to rejoice. Black Market Cannabis Dispensary, located conveniently at 89 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, now proudly offers a curated selection of premium Silly Nice cannabis products.
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BOSTON — On the unofficial holiday of 4/20, another dispensary opened its doors to new customers – part of the booming statewide cannabis industry.
Rebelle on Albany Street in Boston is the first dispensary to open in the South End neighborhood. The company produces its own marijuana products while also selling other brands as well.
Guillermo Erazo, assistant general manager of the store, told Boston 25 that their natural products focus on general wellness.
“We produce our own product,” said Erazo. “We cultivate our own flower. We cultivate our own edibles and concentrates as well too.”
Rebelle is now one of more than a dozen dispensaries across Boston that sell recreational marijuana.
Recreational marijuana was legalized in Massachusetts in 2016. The cannabis control commission reported roughly $1.5 billion in sales in 2023 as the industry grows statewide.
Erazo added, “We have a lot of consumers who came down that are more happy that it’s recreational, that we open up doors for consumers to get it the correct way.”
The growing industry is also opening new doors for local businesses.
Sam Burgess of Bootstrap Compost in Everett held a pop-up at the South End dispensary, saying his company can create a more sustainable marijuana industry.
“We can actually compost green
CHEROKEE, N.C. — The Great Smoky Cannabis Co. in the Qualla Boundary has opened to medical patients. It is the only dispensary in the state where marijuana can be legally purchased.
What You Need To Know The Great Smoky Cannabis Co. in the Qualla Boundary is the only dispensary in the state where medical marijuana can be legally purchased
Lines ran out of the dispensary doors on the morning of Saturday, April 20, or 4/20, for the company’s grand opening
In order to purchase from the dispensary, individuals must be 21 or older and have an EBCI medical cannabis patient card or an approved medical marijuana card from a different state
In 2021, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council voted to legalize medical marijuana in the Qualla Boundary. Marijuana remains illegal in North Carolina and federally. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ laws on medical cannabis apply only on tribal land.
To purchase from the dispensary, buyers must be 21 or older and have an Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians medical cannabis patient card or an approved medical marijuana card from a different state.
The morning of April 20, or 4/20, a day
Amid 90-degree heat on Saturday and coinciding with 4/20, about two dozen unionized cannabis workers and supporters conducted a two-hour picket outside a Phoenix marijuana dispensary at the heart of stalled bargaining negotiations.
Nicholas Fredrickson stood alongside fellow Curaleaf employees participating in the rally organized by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 99 at a company store on East Camelback Road near North Seventh Street. Workers rallied in support of safer working conditions, full-time employment and a living wage, as stated by organizers.
Fredrickson, who was starting a shift at another Curaleaf location soon after, said the pay for cannabis employees is not matching the cost of living as it did when he joined the industry about five years ago.”We were able to comfortably take care of our families,” Fredrickson said of the time before recreational marijuana was legalized in 2020.
It has now been over a year since cannabis was legalized in New York state, and Saturday is 4/20, an unofficial holiday that celebrates it. With more than 100 dispensaries in the state, there is now a conversation about safe and responsible use of cannabis. A new CBD dispensary hopes to further this discussion.
“I’ve always been a very strong person, and that’s also what helps me,” said Barbara Vaughn, the founder and chairwoman of Cannabicity. “I’m very of a very strong mind and a certain amount of pain I could just put out of my mind.”
Fourteen years ago, Vaughn was diagnosed with a rare neurological disease.
“It’s called transverse myelitis,” Vaughn said. “It is numbness in the body. It started with my feet and within a few days went all the way up to my midriff.”
Initially, Vaughn was prescribed strong pharmaceutical medications, but she didn’t want to become dependent upon them. She says she was worried about various side effects of the drugs.
“I was really looking for an alternative to taking more like nerve medication for pain,” Vaughn said. “And that’s what led me to want to explore like the CBD. And I do find that it
ConBud Dispensary brought strains and social justice into the Mott Haven section of the Bronx with the grand opening of their newest location in Mott Haven on Saturday.
Eager community members and consumers alike came out to enjoy live music spun by DJ Steph Cakes, DJ Camillo, and DJ Ted Smooth, a complimentary bite to eat, and an opportunity to shop for cannabis.
“We have been afforded the opportunity to paint a Picaso,” said Coss Marte, co-founder and CEO of ConBud. “New York state is a blank canvas that we can paint now, and now we can develop the culture of what New York really is in the cannabis space.”
Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson and District 16 Bronx Council Member Althea Stevens were also attended and honored ConBud’s newest owner, Michael Montas, with a decoration of success to display within the store. Previously incarcerated on drug charges, Montas is now a proud business owner and entrepreneur.
“These young men of color we’re formally incarcerated under the Rockefeller drug laws,” Gibson said. “Guess what? to God be the glory they are here turning that pain into purpose, into passion, into an industry.”
Marte told News 12 that a
New Jersey passed the milestone of 100 medical and recreational cannabis dispensaries earlier this year.
The state voted in favor of the legalization of cannabis in 2021 and has since opened dozens of pot shops.
There are currently more than 120 dispensaries throughout the Garden State’s 21 counties.
New Jersey’s cannabis market earned over $800 million in medicinal and recreational cannabis sales in 2023 on top of over $500 million in 2022 and year-to-date sales in 2024.
The market has now earned more than $1.3 billion since recreational sales kicked off.
Sales at more than 100 Garden State dispensaries are expected to reach beyond $1 billion in 2024, according to the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJ-CRC).
As cannabis enthusiasts prepare for the culture’s 4/20 holiday, many users are wondering where they can shop for celebration supplies.
Here’s a list of New Jersey’s cannabis dispensaries by county:
Atlantic: Bakin’ Bad (Atlantic City), High Rollers Dispensary (Atlantic City), Legal Distribution (Atlantic City), MPX NJ (Atlantic City), Brute’s Roots (Egg Harbor Township), Design 710 (Atlantic City), SunnyTien (Atlantic City), Med Leaf (Egg Harbor City), The Botanist (Atlantic City), The Botanist (Egg Harbor Township), Hello High (Hammonton)
Bergen: Ascend (Rochelle Park), Ascend (Fort Lee), Ohm Theory (Elmwood Park), RISE (Paramus), Apothecarium Dispensary
