The North Carolina state Senate voted to pass medical marijuana legalization in an initial vote on Thursday.
The measure must pass the Senate a second time before heading to the state House, where Republicans repeatedly have blocked legal medical cannabis access.
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Marijuana regulations
State lawmakers on Wednesday added medical marijuana into a bill originally meant to regulate hemp.
The updated bill would legalize cannabis for people with a “debilitating medical condition,” the Associated Press reported.
That legislation passed the Senate with a vote of 33-9; nine Republicans voted in favor of the bill, according to AP.
The bill is scheduled for a second Senate vote on Monday.
Marijuana rescheduling
Republican state Sen. Danny Britt added medical marijuana to the hemp bill, saying that
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