A key Senate committee
overwhelmingly approved a proposal to allow medical marijuana use in North Carolina for certain conditions and to set up a state network for supply and distribution.
The vote was seen as historic.
A Change Of Course
No North Carolina Senate committee has ever taken a vote on medical marijuana, reported WRAL, a local TV network.
One House committee voted down a proposal back in 2015 and no bill since then has been heard in committee in either chamber until Wednesday s Senate Judiciary Committee bipartisan vote.
The bill was amended to reduce the number of distribution centers from a maximum of 80 statewide to 40, and to lower the fine for an infraction to $100. Trafficking in medical marijuana would receive a slightly harsher penalty than trafficking non-medical marijuana.
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Wed, 06/30/2021 - 18:36
MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL GETS THUMB S UP FROM NC SENATE COMMITTEE: A key Senate committee gave overwhelming approval Wednesday to a proposal to allow marijuana use in North Carolina for certain medical conditions and to set up a state network for supply and distribution of the drug. The vote was historic. No North Carolina Senate committee has ever taken a vote on medical marijuana. One House committee voted down a proposal back in 2015, and no bill has been heard in committee in either chamber since then before Wednesday s Senate Judiciary committee vote. Senate Bill 711 was amended to reduce the number of distribution centers from a maximum of 80 statewide to 40 and to lower the fine for an infraction to $100. Trafficking in medical marijuana would receive a slightly harsher penalty than trafficking non-medical marijuana.