SWAIN COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) has issued a response after North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis asked the Department of Justice to investigate their marijuana operation at a hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi.

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, the senator showed examples of marketing and packaging used for EBCI’s cannabis products. Sen. Tillis says he was worried that the tribe’s marketing is “preying on young people.” He also described an app where the products can allegedly be ordered. Sen. Tillis says he assumes that people pick up their orders by crossing the border into tribal lands.

Tillis also questioned how the tribe is transporting the marijuana from the grow operation to the dispensary, as they are on different, non

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