Supporters urge SC representatives to take up medical marijuana bill soon [Video]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) – Every year for the last few years, one of the most closely watched and most controversial bills at the South Carolina State House is the one to legalize medical marijuana.

And every year, the bill has fallen short, despite significant bipartisan support.

Supporters of the push to make South Carolina the 40th state to make medical cannabis legal remain hopeful that won’t be the case this year, but time is running out.

The legislature will only be at work in Columbia for about another month before heading home for the rest of the year.

Anything lawmakers fail pass before then dies, and they must start the legislative process over again when they return in January.

Medical marijuana is among those bills that now hang in the balance.

“It’s been nearly a decade we’ve been fighting for this, and I think that especially I say this for …