RALEIGH, N.C. (WRAL) – The North Carolina Senate on Monday sent its strictest-ever proposal on medical marijuana to the state House for final approval, in a last-minute effort to push a legalization bill over the finish line as the 2024 legislative session enters its final days.

The Senate has now passed a medical marijuana bill in each of the past three years, each time with broad bipartisan support. But in 2022 and 2023 the House refused to allow it to go up for a vote; Senate Republican leaders are now trying to earn more support in their third try. The Senate approved one key change Monday: Banning marijuana from being allowed for recreational use in North Carolina in the future, even if the federal government were to legalize marijuana nationwide.

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