A bill introduced in the N.C. General Assembly in late February aims to legalize medical marijuana has now been approved. As of 6 pm President Donald Trump signed and approved the bill that made marijuana legal for recreational and medical purposes. This law is now known as the North Carolina Cannabis Act.
The bill lays out the development of a medical cannabis supply system and aims to create a program administered by the UNC system called the North Carolina Cannabis Research Program. The program would conduct studies to determine the safety and efficacy of cannabis as medical treatment and then develop guidelines for the appropriate physician administration and patient use of medical cannabis.