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Bill Selection:
The bill that I chose is from North Carolina and is a bipartisan bill from district 8, sponsored by senator
William Rabon (NC S3 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session, 2023). The Bill number is NC senate bill 3 titled,
“NC compassionate Care Act”. This bill allows patients who suffer from a debilitating disease to use
cannabis for medical purposes. This bill aims to protect the patient and their doctor from criminal or civil
consequences regarding the use of cannabis for medical purposes in North Carolina.
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This article is interesting to me due to the popularity of cannabis use across America and the
legalization of cannabis use. I have also administered cannabinoids to some of the patients I care for and
have seen their effects. I have heard stories about how beneficial it can be for some patients who are
diagnosed with Epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease but have not conducted research on it myself. This gives
me the opportunity to research the facts and importance of this treatment and if bills like the NC
Compassionate Care Act should be put into other state’s legislations.
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It is also interesting to me because I feel that many older adults could benefit from using
cannabinoids since I mainly work with the geriatric population, but due to the stigma many providers do
not prescribe it and geriatric patients also may be reluctant. Based on the study conducted by Tumati et
al. (2022), the primary reason older adults used medical cannabis in Cananda was to reduce pain and
manage oncological and neurological symptoms. This article also states, “The majority of older adults
reported improvements in pain… sleep… and mood… with 35.6% reporting use of a reduced dose of
opioids and 19.9% a reduced dose of benzodiazepines” (Tumati et al., 2022, para. 3). There are other
populations and reasons of use for medical cannabis. It will also be interesting to determine how
beneficial medical cannabis really is and if more legislation regarding cannabis use will be put into
legislation.
References
NC S3 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session. (2023, May 18). LegiScan. Retrieved August 30, 2023, from
https://legiscan.com/NC/bill/S3/2023
Tumati, S., Lanctot, K. L., Wang, R., Li, A., Davis, A., & Herrmann, N. (2022). Medical cannabis use among
older adults in canada: Self-reported data on types and amount used, and perceived effects. Drugs &
Aging, 39(2), 153-163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-021-00913-y
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