COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Senate will start its long-awaited debate this week over a proposal that would legalize some forms of medical marijuana for people living with serious illnesses and conditions.
Senators struck a deal last year, making it reality last week, to give the legislation priority status more than seven years after the lead sponsor of the bill, state Sen. Tom Davis, first proposed legalizing medicinal cannabis.
The debate will mark the greatest push in South Carolina to legalize medicinal cannabis since the state voted to legalize cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive oil extracted from marijuana, in 2014.
