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Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 03/20/2015 - 11:51

North Carolinians are increasingly backing a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in their state, momentum that advocates say could signal a turning point for lawmakers who have tried for years to push legal pot through the Legislature, but to no avail. About 150 people showed up Thursday outside the Statehouse in Raleigh to voice their support for House Bill 78, filed in February, which would allow patients with certain chronic ailments to access medicinal marijuana. The crowd included U.S. veterans with the group North Carolina Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition (N.C. RAMP), according to WRAL-TV.

"I think the public's evolving. I think we'll get there," Democratic state Rep. Pricey Harrison, who co-sponsored HB 78 and has sponsored previous medical marijuana bills in North Carolina without success, told WRAL-TV. The gathering Thursday was the largest turnout of marijuana reform advocates in years, the news organization reported.

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