The North Carolina Senate on Monday night passed a bill legalizing medical marijuana for the third consecutive year.
However, according to Raleigh TV station WRAL, the prospects of the “strictest-ever” medical cannabis bill passing the state House of Representatives is another matter.
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The House has blocked medical cannabis legislation the past two years.
Exemption from federal moves proposed
And passage might prove difficult again this year, even with measures intended to satisfy conservative-minded lawmakers, including a provision exempting North Carolina from any potential change in the status of marijuana at the federal level.
Under that provision, any possible rescheduling of marijuana or move to legalize the drug nationwide would not change North Carolina’s drug laws.
Instead, the state General Assembly would then have
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