RALEIGH, N.C. — State senators will discuss a bill Wednesday that would legalize marijuana in North Carolina to treat a number of ailments.
No vote is expected, but this is a key first step for a measure that has a powerful sponsor in Senate Rules Chairman Bill Rabon.
"It helps a lot of people," Rabon, R-Brunswick, said of marijuana Tuesday afternoon. "It certainly ameliorates some conditions."
Senate Bill 711, known as the "Compassionate Care Act," lays out a new regulatory structure for medical cannabis that would let doctors prescribe it for a number of conditions, including cancer, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and other comparable debilitating conditions.
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