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North Carolina Senate approves medical marijuana legalization

North Carolina Senate approves medical marijuana legalization

The North Carolina state Senate voted to pass medical marijuana legalization in an initial vote on Thursday.

The measure must pass the Senate a second time before heading to the state House, where Republicans repeatedly have blocked legal medical cannabis access.

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Marijuana regulations

State lawmakers on Wednesday added medical marijuana into a bill originally meant to regulate hemp.

The updated bill would legalize cannabis for people with a “debilitating medical condition,” the Associated Press reported.

That legislation passed the Senate with a vote of 33-9; nine Republicans voted in favor of the bill, according to AP.

The bill is scheduled for a second Senate vote on Monday.

Marijuana rescheduling

Republican state Sen. Danny Britt added medical marijuana to the hemp bill, saying that

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