Marijuana

State lawmakers are considering legalizing medical marijuana this year. But a bipartisan group of legislators want to look at another type of drug that could be used in medical treatments.

The chamber voted 36-10 on Tuesday to give initial support to an idea that its supporters say would offer relief to those with debilitating or life-ending illnesses. A final Senate vote is needed Wednesday before it goes to the House.

The North Carolina Senate plans to vote this week on a bill legalizing medical marijuana. It could have a better shot at becoming law this year than in previous sessions.

North Carolina’s two top Democratic state officials are urging the Republican-led legislature to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in light of President Joe Biden’s pardon Thursday of thousands of Americans convicted of “simple possession” under federal law.

After stalling in the House, advocates hope that state lawmakers will pass a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina.

The measure received bipartisan support on Monday night by a margin similar to an initial vote last week. The legislation creates a system whereby someone with one of more than a dozen “debilitating medical conditions” can be prescribed cannabis.

Despite bipartisan support in the Republican-majority state senate, House Speaker Tim Moore says medical marijuana legislation is unlikely to reach the floor in his chamber.

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has approved growing, selling and using medical marijuana on its lands in Western North Carolina, tribal leaders announced Thursday.

A proposed medical marijuana law for North Carolina cleared its first significant hurdle on Wednesday as a Senate committee approved bipartisan legislation that creates a patient, manufacturing, licensing and sales structure for its use.

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