N.C. House Panel To Consider Medical Marijuana Bill

[Jim Finnel]

Proponents of legalizing marijuana use to relieve pain and suffering in some patients are getting a day at the North Carolina Legislature to speak out.

The House Health Committee scheduled a committee meeting Thursday to discuss a bill that would allow people with debilitating medical conditions to possess an adequate supply of the drug and not be prosecuted.

The measure also would create a licensing process for qualified patients and those entities that distribute marijuana.

The Marijuana Policy Project says 13 states have laws designed to allow patients to use marijuana to treat illness without threat of state punishment, despite federal law still barring its possession.

Opponents argue marijuana is a dangerous drug linked to health risk and can lead abusers to try other hard-core addictive drugs.


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[coldbud]

It's about time! I live in NC and it's about time for us to jump on the bandwagon. The government has no right to deny treatment to sick people, just because they are unsure of how to maximize their profits from the ordeal. Are they making more money by keeping it illegal? That's hard to believe when you see the 11 billion dollars the feds spend on the drug war every year.

Stone the taxers, Tax the stoners...no more economic boners!