WEBVTT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. MADELEINE HACKETT IS HERE WITH THE LATEST STORY. MADELEINE: THE BILL MIRRORS THE VERSION PASSED BY A KEY HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEE LAST YEAR. SUPPORTERS SAY IT WOUL REVIVE MEDICAL PATIENTS WHO ARE TRULY IN NEED OF RELIEF. THE BILL STILL HAS SOME STIFF OPPOSITION. >> THIS PHOTO HERE IS OF BOTH OF MY PARENTS, MY MOTHER AND FATHER, WHEN THEY WERE IN THE COLISEUM. MADELEINE: FOR RYAN STEVENSON OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA’S LATEST MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL IS MORE THAN A PIECE OF LEGISLATION. >> AFTER IT ALL HAPPENED, AND MY FAMILY WENT TO CLEAN OUT HIS MEDICATION CABINET, MY FAMILY TOLD ME THEY HAD A GARBAGE BAG FULL OF PERSCRIPTION BOTTLES. MADELEINE: HIS DAD DIED FROM AN OPIOID OVERDOSE. AFTER GETTING HOOKED ON THE DRUGS FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT. >> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE GOTTA STOP DOING THIS. YOU GOTTA FIND A DIFFERENT OPTION. MADELEINE: SO HE CO-FOUNDED A CBD OIL BUSINESS, A COUSIN OF MARIJUANA BUT WITHOUT THE HIGH, IT IS LEGAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HE HOPES TO ULTIMATELY BREAK INTO THE MEDICINAL MARIJUANA MARKET. BUT THAT PART IS STILL NOT LEGAL. >> I HOPE WE’RE NOT THE LAST ONES BUT IT’S LOOKING LIKE WE MIGHT BE. MADELEINE: ENTER SOUTH CAROLINA’S COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT, CONSIDERED BY ITS SPONSOR AS ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE BILLS OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY. >> ANY OF IT’S A NIGHTMARE NOT JUST FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROMISE YOU, FOR OUR STATE. MADELEINE: BUT THAT’S NOT ENOUGH FOR CHIEF KEN MILLER. WHO REPRESENTED THE SOUTH CAROLINA POLICE CHIEF’S ASSOCIATION IN COLUMBIA. MILLER SAYS MEDICINAL LEGALIZATION IS JUST THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS RECREATIONAL. >> IT IS THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES, AND THIS THREATENS ALL OF THAT. MADELEINE: WHAT STEVENSON SEES AS THREATENING? THE LIVES HE SAYS WERE LOST BECAUSE NO ALTERNATIVE WAS OFFERED. >> I KNOW I CAN’T GO BACK AND CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM BU IF MY EXPERIENCE CAN HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON ONE OTHER FAMILY THEN I CONSIDER MY JOB A SUCCESS. MADELEIN I JUST SPOKE WITH THE BELLS SPONSOR, SENATOR TOM DAVIS. HE SAYS THE EARLIEST