The City emphasizes they neither support nor oppose legal pot- they're just acting proactively

As more states legalize marijuana, officials with Asheville’s Alcohol and Beverage Control Board is taking proactive measures should North Carolina follow suit.City alcohol regulators said their new 40,000-square-foot, $3 million warehouse will have room to hold pot if the state legalizes it.Asheville Alcohol and Beverage Control officials anticipate overseeing the sale and distribution of marijuana similar to the way they oversee liquor distribution across the city’s nine stores. Asheville ABC chairman Lewis Isaac says their main focus remains selling liquor, but they are now better positioned for whatever the future brings.“We are not advocating for or against the legalization of cannabis,” Isaac said. “But one of our responsibilities moving forward is to look towards 10-15 years from now and say are we going to be capable? Can we handle what needs to be done because North Carolina is a controlled state.”The warehouse is expected to be renovated by May of 2019. North Carolina currently only allows CBS products that have no more than 0.9% THC.

As more states legalize marijuana, officials with Asheville’s Alcohol and Beverage Control Board is taking proactive measures should North Carolina follow suit.

City alcohol regulators said their new 40,000-square-foot, $3 million warehouse will have room to hold pot if the state legalizes it.


Asheville Alcohol and Beverage Control officials anticipate overseeing the sale and distribution of marijuana similar to the way they oversee liquor distribution across the city’s nine stores.

Asheville ABC chairman Lewis Isaac says their main focus remains selling liquor, but they are now better positioned for whatever the future brings.

“We are not advocating for or against the legalization of cannabis,” Isaac said. “But one of our responsibilities moving forward is to look towards 10-15 years from now and say are we going to be capable? Can we handle what needs to be done because North Carolina is a controlled state.”

The warehouse is expected to be renovated by May of 2019. North Carolina currently only allows CBS products that have no more than 0.9% THC.