"...my tipping point to run is the extended stubborn rejection to sensible drug policy in our state and federal legislatures, particularly concerning medical cannabis (marijuana). Recent polls in North Carolina indicate almost 80% of our population supports medical cannabis legalization, and yet our state legislature continually dooms each attempt to die. Our federal government holds a patent citing health benefits of one part of cannabis (CBD) and approved a synthetic version of another (THC) in 1985, yet still considers it as having no accepted medical use. The cause of cannabis enrolls progressives, conservatives, libertarians and green party activists alike because they know people are senselessly suffering and dying as a result of lack of access to medical cannabis. Can you think of a more unifying issue in these divisive times?"