More than a dozen states have legalized recreational pot use for adults, and a majority have legalized medical cannabis. The same poll found that 57% of voters in North Carolina believe that recreational cannabis should be legal, as well. But in North Carolina, neither are legal, despite there being broad support for both. A poll in April found that 72% of voters in the Tar Heel State believe that medical cannabis should be legal. North Carolina took another step toward finally legalizing medical cannabis on Thursday, with members of the state Senate overwhelmingly passing a bill that would authorize the treatment for a host of ailments and conditions.
North Carolina took another step toward finally legalizing medical cannabis on Thursday, with members of the state Senate overwhelmingly passing a bill that would authorize the treatment for a host of ailments and conditions.
The measure passed the chamber on a vote of 35-10, according to the News & Observer newspaper.
It now heads to the state House of Representatives. Republicans hold majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly. The state’s governor, Roy Cooper, is a Democrat.
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