From Decrim to Legalization, State Lawmakers Nationwide are Looking at...
MAIN STREET, USA — State legislatures have convened or are convening all around the country, and once again this year, marijuana decriminalization or legalization are hot topics at the statehouse....
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Bill Introduced in North Carolina
RALEIGH, NC — As expected, House lawmakers have formally re-introduced legislation that, if passed, would allow the medical use of marijuana in North Carolina. Representative Kelly Alexander (D –...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Medical Marijuana Bill Defeated by House Committee
RALEIGH, NC — A bill that would have legalized medical marijuana possession and use in North Carolina has been rejected by a legislative committee, effectively killing the issue for the next two...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Medical Marijuana Bill Killed With Extreme Prejudice
RALEIGH, NC — A bill that would legalize the use of medical marijuana in the Tarheel State is dead after a legislative committee killed it to avoid having to hear any more about it from constituents....
View ArticleThe Medical Marijuana Fight Is Only Just Beginning In North Carolina
Lawmakers in North Carolina certainly aren’t laughing. Last week, members of the House Rules, Calendar, and Operations Committee killed House Bill 84: The North Carolina Medical Marijuana Act, which...
View ArticleACLU to Investigate Police Use of Military Technology & Tactics
The feds have conducted more than 200 SWAT-style raids on state-compliant medical marijuana businesses since 2011. In the photo above, law enforcement commandos descend on a Santa Rosa neighborhood in...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Voters Support 'Low Priority' Marijuana Law Enforcement
RALEIGH, NC — Six out of ten North Carolina voters say that police and prosecutors should deprioritize marijuana offenses, and only about one out of three believe that possessing the plant should...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Bill Would Decriminalize Marijuana, Expunge Prior Convictions
RALEIGH – A bill introduced by State Rep. Kelly Alexander, Jr. (D-Mecklenburg) to downgrade the penalty for simple possession of marijuana in North Carolina passed first reading Wednesday and was...
View ArticlePublic Benefits Drug Test Bills Move in Three States
Bills that would require recipients of public benefits such as welfare or unemployment benefits to submit to drug testing have advanced in three states. On Monday, an unemployment drug testing bill...
View ArticleGet NORML on 4/20 With Nationwide Events
Get NORML this 4/20 with one of the dozens of events being hosted across the country by NORML’s affiliate groups. There are events going on across the country including festivals, concerts, comedy...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Police Shoot, Kill Teen in Marijuana Sting Gone Bad
CHARLOTTE, NC — An undercover drug sting in the parking lot of a Charlotte, North Carolina, elementary school ended up with one teenager dead, another wounded, and a community wondering why police...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Welfare Drug Testing Bill Passes Senate
RALEIGH, NC — A bill that would require public benefits recipients to take a drug test upon suspicion they are using drugs passed the North Carolina Senate Wednesday. It had already passed the House,...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Lawmakers Pass Welfare Drug Testing Bill
RALEIGH, NC — A bill that would require public benefits recipients to take a drug test upon suspicion they are using drugs passed won final approval in the North Carolina legislature late last week and...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Governor Vetoes Welfare Drug Test Bill
CHARLOTTE, NC — North Carolina Gov. Robert McCrory (R) Thursday vetoed a welfare drug testing bill pushed through the legislature by his Republican colleagues. Drug testing welfare applicants or...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Legislature Overrides Drug Test Bill Veto
CHARLOTTE, NC — North Carolina’s Republican Gov. Pat McCrory last month vetoed a welfare drug testing bill championed by his own party in the legislature, saying it was “a recipe for government...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Constitutional Amendment Proposed in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, NC — North Carolina Rep. Kelly Alexander (D-Mecklenberg) has introduced legislation to put a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana before voters in November. If enacted,...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Committee Unanimously Approves Limited Medical Marijuana Bill
RALEIGH, NC — Patients who suffer from severe intractable epilepsy could soon have access to cannabinol, or CBD, based medical marijuana under a proposal that was approved unanimously by a key...
View ArticleNorth Carolina House to Vote on Limited Medical Marijuana Bill This Afternoon
RALEIGH, NC — The North Carolina House is expected to vote this afternoon on a bill to allow patients who suffer from intractable epilepsy access to cannabinol, or CBD, based medical marijuana. House...
View ArticleNorth Carolina House Approves Limited Medical Marijuana Bill
RALEIGH, NC — The North Carolina House voted 111-2 Thursday to approve a bill to allow patients who suffer from intractable epilepsy access to cannabinol, or CBD, based medical marijuana. House Bill...
View ArticleLimited Medical Marijuana Bill Heads to Floor of North Carolina Senate
RALEIGH, NC — A bill to allow patients who suffer from intractable epilepsy access to cannabinol, or CBD, based medical marijuana has been unanimously approved by a key committee in the North Carolina...
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