Usually when lawmakers as a collective don’t like a bill, they allow it to fizzle out. When the bill comes to committee to be debated, they just pretend it isn’t there and handle every other issue they can think of. But, for North Carolina lawmakers tasked with debating the North Carolina Medical Marijuana Act, that wouldn’t send a strong-enough message. Instead, they simply killed it. [Read more…]
Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced
The North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act (HB 84) was introduced in the House of Representatives this week and is the first step in the Tarheel state to more lenient marijuana laws. [Read more…]
NC Voters Support Medical Marijuana
A recent survey of North Carolina voters held surprises for many. While experts believed support for medical marijuana would be lower in the south, respondents to the Public Policy Polling survey proved them wrong, with the majority of them supporting medical marijuana legislation in the state. [Read more…]