Meanwhile, the Queensland government has been accused of helping block the release of a probity report into company Chow Tai Fook Enterprises' suitability to operate the Queen's Wharf casino, days before its opening. The outlet already started July 4 to sell in-store or drive-thru products for recreational use to adults enrolled in the tribe or any other federally recognized tribe. It had opened its doors in April initially for adult medical marijuana purchases.  
  
(AP) - The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians began selling marijuana and cannabis products to any adult 21 or over starting Saturday at its tribe-owned dispensary in North Carolina, where possession or use of the drug is otherwise illegal. Shortly before the referendum, Republican U.S. Chuck Edwards introduced legislation that would have removed federal highway funding from tribes and states that have legalized marijuana - a bill that ultimately died. If you liked this article and you would like to collect more info relating to เว็บพนันออนไลน์มาใหม่ kindly visit our own web site. The move was not without its opponents.  
  
Tribal members voted in a referendum last September backing adult recreational use on their reservation and telling the tribal council to develop legislation to regulate such a market. Those details were hammered out by the council, approving language in June that effectively decriminalized cannabis on Eastern Band land called the Qualla Boundary. A post on the Facebook page of Great Smoky Cannabis Co., located on the Eastern Band of Cherokee's western tribal lands, called the day "history in the making" with a video showing a line of people waiting outside the shop shortly before sales began at 10 a.m.  
  
Marijuana possession or use is otherwise illegal in North Carolina, but the tribe can pass rules related to cannabis as a sovereign nation. Of North Carolina and its surrounding states, only Virginia allows for the legal recreational use of marijuana statewide. The Great Smoky Cannabis marijuana sales center, located near the Harrah´s Cherokee Casino Resort, is predicted to be more of a revenue-generator for the 14,000-member tribe as its customer base is expanded.