Lawmakers in Georgia have introduced several pieces of legislation in the last few years aimed at both offering safe access to medical marijuana to end-stage and chronically ill patients, as well as reducing the harm caused by the enforcement of outdated cannabis laws against citizens who possess small amounts of marijuana. In 2017 especially there has been a push to expand the Haleigh’s Hope Act, Georgia’s low THC cannabis oil law, by adding additional qualifying conditions. Currently, in order to qualify for cannabis oil in Georgia, the patient must meet the following requirements:
Another state will likely soon move one step closer to legitimizing the decades of scientific research behind the medical use of cannabis. House Bill 885, also known as Haleigh’s Hope Act, would revive a 30 year-old medical marijuana law in Georgia that was never fully enacted. HB 885 passed …
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, one of the premier pediatric hospital systems in the southeastern U.S., announced Tuesday that they would be able to support a plan by State Representative Allen Peake (R-Macon) to introduce a medical marijuana bill. While not a rousing endorsement of medical marijuana, Children’s says …
Medical marijuana proponents in Georgia are feeling close to victory as several influential lawmakers have come out of the woodwork at the beginning of the 2014 legislative session in favor of medical marijuana. From WeedBiz: Medical marijuana in Georgia got a big push forward today from state representative …
