Welcome to NCCPN’s blog.

2011 is going to be the year we win back our dignity and our freedom.

NCCPN is working diligently to bring you safe, legal access to cannabis/marijuana for medical uses through passage of the NC Medical Marijuana Act.

We have worked since 2007 towards our goal of safe, legal access to cannabis/marijuana  for patients, caregivers and researchers in our state.

We followed HB 1380 as it made it’s way towards the Health Committee. We lobbied and educated NC lawmakers. Last year’s session closed with no further action on our bill and as the leading sponsor, Rep. Earl Jones, was not re-elected, we have looked in a new direction for sponsorship of our bill.

Legislators who truly care about the citizens of this state who were sponsors of the original bill, have come forward in support of the patients along with new legislators to bring a new ‘non-partisan” bill to the legislators in 2011 with sponsorship which includes Republicans, Democrats and Unaffiliated representatives of the citizens of NC.

Now that the Veterans Administration (VA) has recognized the medicinal benefits of cannabis and has issued a new directive allowing veterans to utilize this natural medicine in states where it is legal and the American Medical Association (AMA) has called for rescheduling of cannabis and Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has filed a lawsuit against HHS and the DEA for truth standing in the way of rescheduling in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence that cannabis does have medical benefit, NC lawmakers have no excuse not to pass this bill into law in our state immediately.

This bill will generate in excess of $200 Million dollars per year for our state in tax revenue and licensing fees and create in excess of 1000 jobs within the first six months.

This legislation is a WIN/WIN for everyone involved, patients, job seekers, the state coffers and researchers.

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