NC Senate leader sees compromise for medical marijuana legalization [Video]

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A potential compromise to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina this year could include new regulations for CBD and hemp-derived products, the Senate’s top Republican said this week.

Senate leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) said it’s still a priority to get his chamber’s medical marijuana bill, though the House has resisted taking action on it.

The bill, which the Senate passed 36-10 last March, would allow a patient to access medical marijuana with a doctor’s prescription as long as they have one of the specified debilitating medical conditions, such as cancer or epilepsy.

Sen. Berger said as part of an agreement with the House, he would be open to taking up one of that chamber’s bills that would put new regulations on hemp-derived consumable products, requiring a license to sell them and banning them from school grounds.

“We’d like to deal with not just CBD but medical marijuana. And, maybe there’s …