Carolina Hemp Hut – Durham is a CBD and hemp dispensary at 4600 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd, Suite 21 in Durham, North Carolina — claimed as NC’s largest cannabis dispensary and the recipient of IndyWeek’s “Best of the Best” award in both 2024 and 2025. The shop was founded by Mary Lopez Carter, who began researching CBD in 2018 as Read more...
Carolina Hemp Hut – Hillsborough is the flagship location of the Carolina Hemp Hut chain at 137 Mayo St in Hillsborough, North Carolina — the store that launched Mary Lopez Carter’s brand and earned IndyWeek’s “Best of the Triangle” award before the Durham location took over the title. Founded in 2018, the Hillsborough store served as the proving ground for Read more...
Emerald Medicine Company is Durham’s original CBD and hemp dispensary at 1921 N Pointe Dr, Suite 110 in the North Pointe shopping center north of downtown Durham — a distinction the shop wears proudly as the Triangle’s longest-running dedicated hemp retail operation. The product selection is among the most comprehensive in the Research Triangle: THCa flower, disposable vapes, and cartridges Read more...
Crowntown Cannabis – Central Ave is a CBD and hemp dispensary at 2419 Central Ave in Charlotte, North Carolina — the original flagship location of what became Charlotte’s first cannabis dispensary, founded by three Charlotte natives (Mike, Dan, and Lindsay) who built the brand around a mission to educate their community and reduce stigma around cannabis use. What started as Read more...
CannaBuddy is a Charlotte-based cannabis dispensary and online retailer operating out of 1218 E 36th St, Suite C in Charlotte’s NoDa neighborhood — the original location where founder Christian, a long-time cannabis advocate and state-level lobbying veteran, launched the brand in September 2019. CannaBuddy has grown into one of the more comprehensive hemp cannabinoid retailers in the Carolinas, offering one Read more...
