North Carolina House Speaker Says Senate-Approved Medical Marijuana Bill Has ‘Better Chance Of Passing’ Than Ever Before

The top North Carolina House lawmaker says that medical marijuana legalization has “a better chance of passing this year than in any time in the past,” and he expects a Senate-passed reform bill to be taken up by his chamber’s Republican caucus within the next month.

While the GOP-controlled House has previously blocked medical cannabis legislation from advancing, House Speaker Tim Moore (R) said that its prospects have improved, with a floor vote possible depending on where Republican members ultimately come down on it this session.

“We have not voted on it in our caucus yet. I get a sense that there is a decent amount of support for medicinal use of cannabis—but then there is also a significant amount of of opposition,” he told WUNC in an interview taped on the marijuana holiday 4/20 on Thursday. “I don’t know that count. I suspect it will be a divided vote, much like the healthcare expansion legislation was, much like the gaming legislation that passed earlier.”

“It’s just a matter to see what the caucus’s appetite is on it, but it’s—I would say that it has a better chance of passing this year than in any time in the past,” Moore

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