For the third straight year, a proposal to legalize medical cannabis has failed in the North Carolina Legislature.
Despite winning approval in the state Senate, a “strict” medical marijuana proposal was not called for a vote in the House of Representatives because of Republican opposition, a lawmaker told the Asheville Citizen Times.
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“It is a gateway drug, which causes impairment as its primary function and results in addiction,” Republican state Rep. Mark Pless told the newspaper.
The North Carolina General Assembly adjourned last week until July 10, but the MMJ bill is unlikely to be considered when lawmakers return.
The measure would have allowed state regulators to license up to 10 vertically integrated businesses, each of which would have been allowed to
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