{"id":119623,"date":"2017-04-13T09:59:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T14:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=119623"},"modified":"2017-04-13T16:57:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T21:57:04","slug":"medical-marijuana-bill-passes-senate-sent-to-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=119623","title":{"rendered":"Medical marijuana bill passes senate, sent to governor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Senate, Thursday, sent the rewrite of the state’s medical marijuana law to Governor, Doug Burgum.<\/p>\n

Legislators concurred with changes the House made to Senate Bill 2344 and passed the legislation in a 38-9 vote.<\/p>\n

The measure, called the North Dakota Compassionate Care Act, won 65 percent voter approval in November. It allows the use of marijuana as medicine for people who suffer from debilitating illnesses.<\/p>\n

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says the state’s new voter-approved medical marijuana law would work better if the federal government would decriminalize the drug.<\/p>\n

The Republican made the statement Thursday after saying he would sign legislation that establishes rules for the use of marijuana as medicine for people who suffer from debilitating illnesses.<\/p>\n

Marijuana is illegal under federal law. Pot businesses in other states deal mostly in currency because banks are hesitant to serve the industry. Burgum says cash-only businesses attract a “criminal element.”<\/p>\n

Burgum says North Dakota’s state-owned bank could issue debit cards to those who use medical marijuana. But he says bank officials and regulators are “terrified” of idea because of marijuana’s illegal federal status.<\/p>\n

Burgum says he smoked marijuana once in 1976 while hitchhiking to Alaska.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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