While medical marijuana activists march along U.S. 70 ramping up awareness of House Bill 1161 -- the North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act -- it could, perhaps, be all for not.

At least that's the opinion of N.C. House Rep. Hugh Blackwell (R-86).

While he has not viewed the bill, Blackwell said he doesn't think it will make it out of its assigned committee.

Once bills are introduced in the General Assembly, they are reviewed by judiciary committees before they are brought before the voting body of government.

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With 2014 being an election year for the North Carolina General Assembly many issues will be debated and decide races.

As the public becomes more aware of House Bill 1161 -- otherwise known as the North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act -- it will perhaps become one of the most debated topics during the election season.

The North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act, co-sponsored by Rep. Kelly Alexander (D-107), Carla Cunningham (D-106), Susi Hamilton (D-18), Pricey Harrison (D-57) and Annie Mobley (D-5), seeks to legalize the use of marijuana to for medicinal purposes for patients with debilitating medical conditions.

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MORGANTON, N.C. -- With the hot sun beaming on his back and sweat gathering on his forehead, Jason Humes marched along Fleming Drive carrying a skateboard in one hand and a sign in the other.

Humes walked through the heat Tuesday, not for himself, but for others to have a choice - the option to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana in North Carolina.

Humes and five other members of the March Against Fear 2014 group are walking from Asheville to Raleigh along U.S. 70 to raise awareness for House Bill 1161 - a bill that has been referred to as the North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act.

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