Calling on state lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina, several veterans on Wednesday shared stories of their own battles or those of their comrades after they returned from deployment, NBC affiliate WRAL reports.”I personally looked down the barrel of my own service weapon,” said Josh Biddix, a Marine and retired police officer. Click the video player above to watch headlines from WXII 12 News.”I have more deceased contacts in my phone due to suicide than I have lost men in combat over the last 20 years,” said Chase Roth, a Marine and Wilmington businessman.The veterans and friends of people who died of cancer testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the benefits of medical marijuana to relieve the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and the pain associated with cancer treatment. The committee held what’s believed to be the first legislative hearing ever in North Carolina on a bill to allow medical marijuana to be prescribed and used in the state. Medical marijuana bills have been filed in every legislative session for years, but legislative leaders usually shelve them, according to WRAL.But Sen. Bill Rabon, a Brunswick County Republican and chairman of the powerful Senate Rules Committee, said Wednesday it’s time to consider the issue.Rabon is a sponsor of Senate Bill 711, called the NC Compassionate Care Act. The bill lays out a regulatory structure for medical cannabis that would let doctors prescribe it for a number of…
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Calling on state lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina, several veterans on Wednesday shared stories of their own battles or those of their comrades after they returned from deployment, NBC affiliate WRAL reports.”I personally looked down the barrel of my own service weapon,” said Josh Biddix, a Marine and retired police officer. Click the video player above to watch headlines from WXII 12 News.”I have more deceased contacts in my phone due to suicide than I have lost men in combat over the last 20 years,” said Chase Roth, a Marine and Wilmington businessman.The veterans and friends of people who died of cancer testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the benefits of medical marijuana to relieve the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and the pain associated with cancer treatment. The committee held what’s believed to be the first legislative hearing ever in North Carolina on a bill to allow medical marijuana to be prescribed and used in the state. Medical marijuana bills have been filed in every legislative session for years, but legislative leaders usually shelve them, according to WRAL.But Sen. Bill Rabon, a Brunswick County Republican and chairman of the powerful Senate Rules Committee, said Wednesday it’s time to consider the issue.Rabon is a sponsor of Senate Bill 711, called the NC Compassionate Care Act. The bill lays out a regulatory structure for medical cannabis that would let doctors prescribe it for a number of…