RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina is one step closer to joining most of the rest of the country by legalizing medical marijuana, as the state Senate approved it Thursday with bipartisan support.
There was also some bipartisan opposition to the bill. But in the end, Senate Bill 711 passed 35-10.
Once the medical marijuana bill heads to the House of Representatives, it will likely face more opposition than it did in the Senate. But Sen. Michael Lee, a Wilmington Republican who was one of the bill’s main sponsors, urged quick passage “so that folks in our state can get the relief that they need when they’re suffering from these very serious and in some cases life-threatening diseases.”
