Despite the fact that the state of Georgia allows registered patients to use cannabis oil, it’s still illegal to buy or transport it in the state.
Georgia legislators are holding the first in a series of public meetings this month to figure out how to improve access to cannabis oil. The meetings of the Low THC Medical Oil Access Commission could result in legislation to change Georgia’s medical marijuana law next year.
Sen. Matt Brass, R-Newnan, the commission’s co-chairman, stated, “The whole point of this commission is to figure out how we’re going to legally get this medicine in patients’ hands, because currently there’s no legal way to do it.”
“It’s impossible to meet with families whose children struggle with paralyzing illnesses and not leave convinced that the state of Georgia must be a place where government doesn’t block medications proven to help patients,” said Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, the president of the state Senate.
“I’ve been very clear — I’m 100 percent opposed to legalizing marijuana. However, I am fully committed to helping children, veterans, and all Georgians struggling with devastating health challenges.”
Current Georgia law allows patients approved by a physician to possess small amounts of cannabis oil to treat more than a dozen conditions.
