NC Senate approves medical marijuana bill, House vote uncertain

With the end of the state's 2024 legislative session looming, Senate Republicans hit the gas Thursday on efforts to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina.
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[@dominicksheppard4900]

Shame it's not about what the people want, but if enough of the house members wish to vote on it. Guess they forget that they work for us.

[@travismiles5885]

Is NC even looking at what other states are doing regarding this issues? Why is NC trying to reinvent the wheel. Why is it even a debate anymore?

[@thejagmohan7121]

Ikr. So frustrating and seems so obvious ty

[@hammyhamhamster5993]

Cannabis should be absolutely just as legal and easy to obtain anywhere as alcohol currently is. In every single state. No exceptions. It's so easy: As legal and easy to obtain/use as alcohol currently is. Why hold relatively benign, often healing cannabis to any sort of irrational, stricter double standard than perfectly legal alcohol?

[@brettblankenship3246]

I would like to know why a couple people vote for the state why don't the people get a say put it own the ballot and let the people say

[@daniels4209]

hemp was legalized why can't it be regulated. people ask for too much this is why we can't have nice thing.