NC lawmakers consider next steps to legalize medical marijuana
PERSON, BUT IT WAS CANCELED
BEFORE OFFICERS ARRIVED.
>> HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT THE
LEGISLATIVE BUILDING WHERE IT
IS NOW UP TO THE HOUSE TO
DECIDE WHETHER TO LEGALIZE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA. THE SENATE
PASSED A BILL LAST NIGHT ALONG
WITH A NEW SECTION EXPLICITLY
BANNING RECREATIONAL USE.
WRAL CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF LAURA
LESLIE IS LIVE WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE BUILDING. LORD, WE
KNOW WHY THE SENATE ADDED THAT
PROVISION.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE SAD OF
THE AMENDMENT SAY THAT EVEN
IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKES
MARIJUANA OFF OF THEIR
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LIST.
ITS RECREATIONAL USE WOULD
STILL BE ILLEGAL IN THIS STATE.
AND THAT'S A RESPONSE TO
CRITICS WHO HAVE SAID THAT THE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROPOSAL IS
ACTUALLY JUST A FIRST STEP TO
FULL LEGALIZATION. BUT ONE DRUG
POLICY ANALYSTS I SPOKE TO
TODAY SAID IT'S PRETTY MUCH A
MOOT POINT.
>> THE NEW ADDITION TO THE BILL
SAYS EVEN IF A RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA IS LEGALIZED AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL, IT WOULD STILL
NOT BE LEGAL HERE UNLESS STATE
LAWMAKERS APPROVE IT. THAT'S
A CONCESSION TO HOUSE AND
SENATE CONSERVATIVES WHO OPPOSE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA BECAUSE THEY
SAY IT OPENS THE DOOR TO MORE
WIDESPREAD USE TO JUST A
>> THE LEGALIZATION OF
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. THANK
VERY HARD BECAUSE THIS IS A
SLIPPERY WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE HILL. WE HAVE SLIPPED ALL
THE WAY DOWN THE GOES BE IS A
FORMER CONGRESSIONAL ATTORNEY
WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
HELPING OTHER STATES RIGHT
THERE. DRUG LAWS.
>> HE SAYS THE PASSAGE OF THE
FARM ACT IN 2018 INADVERTENTLY
LEGALIZED HEMP AND INTOXICATING
LEVELS OF THC AND ALL SORTS
OF PRODUCTS YOU CAN BUY THC,
THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN
MARIJUANA.
AND THOUSANDS OF STORES AND THE
STATE HAVE STORES A LITTLE
SMOKE SHOPS AND THE CBD STORES.
YEAH. BUT THEN THE GET.
>> THE GAS STATIONS AND
CONVENIENCE STORES OGLES THE
THINKS THE STATE SHOULD
REGULATE AND TAX ALL THC
PRODUCTS INCLUDING MARIJUANA
AND CBD.
>> HE SAID THE STATE SHOULD
REQUIRE TESTING AND LABELING
LIMIT SALES TO ADULTS. ONLY BAN
ADVERTISING TO KIDS AND
SUPERVISE STORES THAT SELL
THEM. WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW, WHICH
IS THE UNFETTERED FREE MARKET.
>> WHERE YOU'VE GOT 24 7, SOME
OF THE KIDS, BUT THE WHOLE
WATER PEOPLE CAN'T STAND BY
THAT. BILL SUPPORTER, SENATOR
MUSTAFA MOHAMED AGREES. I WANT
TO MAKE SURE WELL INFORMED
BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO USE ANY
PRODUCT.
>> I DON'T CARE. IT'S
MARIJUANA. I DON'T CARE WHAT
MEDICATION OUT OF ITS FOOD.
I THINK THERE'S IMPORTANT
PLACES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE
REGULATION TO PROTECT THE IN
GENERAL.
>> THE BILL THAT CONTAINS THE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA MARIJUANA
PROPOSAL ALSO CONTAINS
REGULATIONS ON OTHER HEMP
PRODUCTS, INCLUDING REQUIRING
TESTING AND LABELING A LIMITING
SALES FOR UNDERAGE PEOPLE AND
LICENSING PEOPLE WHO SELL IT.
THERE'S STILL NO WORD, HOWEVER,
ON WHETHER THE HOUSE WILL EVEN