RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – With a bill legalizing medical marijuana stalled in the state legislature, a leading Senate Republican is trying a new tactic to compel the House to take up the legislation.

Sen. Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick), a cancer survivor, amended a bill the House passed unanimously earlier this year dealing with the supervision of physician assistants to say that bill would only become legal if his medical marijuana also bill becomes legal.

The NC Compassionate Care Act would allow medical marijuana with a prescription for patients with certain debilitating medical conditions, such as cancer.

“I think it’s a very important bill. And, I would like to see some movement. And, maybe some folks will kind of look up and pay attention now,” Sen. Rabon said. “We have work to be done. We don’t need to stonewall.”

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