State legislators in Alabama, Kentucky and South Carolina have filed or pre-filed bills establishing such medical marijuana programs, according to a Reckon South report. These states would join Mississippi, the latest state to adopt a medical cannabis program, making it the 35th state to legalize medical cannabis. In Alabama, state Sen. Tim Melson plans to file a medical cannabis bill similar to the […]
North Carolina
Up to 3 ounces would be legal under marijuana possession bill reintroduced in NC Senate
A Forsyth County legislator reintroduced Wednesday a Senate bill that would make it legal to possess up to 3 ounces of marijuana for personal use. However, Senate Bill 58 would allow individuals to be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor if they exceed 3 ounces of marijuana. The bill would go into effect July 1, if signed […]
North Carolina Bills Would Legalize Possession Of Up To Four Ounces Of Cannabis
A Forsyth County legislator is sponsoring a Senate bill that would make it legal to possess up to four ounces of marijuana for personal use. Senate Bill 791, and companion House Bill 994, would allow for an increase from the current limit of one-half of an ounce to four ounces before the amount qualifies as […]
Marijuana in Wonderland: Making Sense of a Judge’s Anti-Cannabis Ruling
By Barry Gainsburg “When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ” —  Lewis Carroll, from Through the Looking Glass Last week, the U.S. District Court in Northern California declined to declare the federal classification of marijuana […]
North Carolina House Panel Rejects Legalization Bill
A North Carolina state House committee unanimously rejected a proposal to legalize medical marijuana after an emotional hour-long hearing that ended with a legislator saying he was assaulted by a marijuana advocate. House Bill 78 marks the most progress any marijuana proposal has had in the N.C. General Assembly. Two years ago, a similar bill […]
North Carolina joins states allowing limited medical marijuana
(Reuters) – North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Thursday signed a law allowing limited use of medical marijuana to treat seizures, joining states where cannabis has been legalized in some circumstances for therapeutic purposes. The legislation, called the Hope 4 Haley and Friends bill, was named for 6-year-old Haley Ward of Newport, who suffers from […]
North Carolina Law
North Carolina CBD Specific Marijuana Law
Senate Committee Advances ‘Hope for Haley’ Medical Marijuana Bill
NORTH CAROLINA–There were cheers and tears in a state Senate committee on Wednesday. A Senate committee advanced a proposal that has been dubbed “Hope for Haley.” Haley is a 6 year old who suffers seizures. An extract from hemp plants known as CBD oil has shown promising results, but since the origins of the extract […]
House committee approves medicinal oil from marijuana plant for epilepsy treatment
Stephen Carlin wept Wednesday after a House committee approved a measure to legalize hemp oil manufactured from a marijuana plant to treat people like his daughter, who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy. Carlin’s daughter, 5-year-old Zora, could be one of thousands of North Carolinians to use hemp oil extract to help subdue intractable […]
Medical Marijuana Constitutional Amendment Proposed in North Carolina
North Carolina Rep. Kelly Alexander (D-Mecklenberg) has introduced legislation to put a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana on November’s ballot. If enacted, qualified medical marijuana patients and their caregivers would no longer be subject to arrest and prosecution for using marijuana under a doctor’s order. HB 1161 — the North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act — would also set up […]
