Link to NCGA profile

Phil.Berger@ncleg.gov

(919) 733-5708

Link to campaign website

“I do sense that public opinion is changing on marijuana, both medical and recreational,” he said to reporters. “I don’t know where the members of the General Assembly are at this time in terms of support for the bill, but it’s something we’ll look at and see how things move along.”

In the same interview, Berger also expressed support for Sen. Rabon.

“I know it’s something that Senator Rabon for a long time has looked at the issue of medical marijuana, particularly how some people respond to treatment for cancer, with some of the cancer medications that are out there,” he said.

https://interrogatingjustice.org/ending-mass-incarceration/medical-marijuana-north-carolina/

B- Supports legalization of medical cannabis and/or decriminalization - voted for but did not sponsor legislation.

Berger currently represents District 30 in the NC Senate. He is running unopposed and will represent Senate District 26 in the 2023-2024 NC Senate. Berger has been Speaker Pro Tempore since 2011. https://ballotpedia.org/Phil_Berger

Voting History:

SB 3 NC Compassionate Care Act: YES - 2023

SB 711 NC Compassionate Care Act: YES - 2022

SB 168 Expand Allowed Medical Uses/Cannabis Extract: YES - 2019 

SB 124 LEO Managed CBD Oil Drop Box: YES - 2018 

HB 992/SB 771 Amend Industrial Hemp Definition: YES - 2016 

SB 313 Industrial Hemp: YES - 2015 

HB 766 Amend CBD Oil Statute: YES - 2015

HB 1220 Hope 4 Haley and Friends: YES - 2014