After six months of waiting, Georgia’s top elected leaders have moved forward with a program to provide medical marijuana to the state’s 15,000 registered patients.

It has been almost seven months since the state’s Governor Brian Kemp signed medical marijuana into law.

Kemp, House Speaker David Ralston and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan have recently appointed seven members to a commission that will issue licenses for companies to grow and sell medical marijuana oil.

Georgia state law allows marijuana oil to treat severe seizures, terminal cancers, Parkinson’s disease and other illnesses.

The state’s seven-member board is now able to create a medical marijuana distribution network across Georgia. This will establish testing and oversight rules, and issue licenses for businesses to sell low THC oil.

According to Kemp, Georgia’s Hope Act “provides a critical pathway for Georgians with chronic, debilitating diseases to get the help that they desperately need.”
Allen Peake, a former state representative who advocated for medical marijuana in Georgia remarked, “Now it’s time to get to work. Hurting Georgians are waiting.”

Up to 9 acres of indoor growing space will be licensed for cultivation of medical marijuana, according to Georgia’s medical marijuana legislation, House Bill 324.

“From the beginning, we have been motivated by the desire to help Georgians suffering from chronic and painful conditions, said David Ralston, a Republican from Blue Ridge who is on the House of Reps. “We have acted deliberately to implement a well-regulated and tightly controlled medical cannabis system that is safe and secure.”


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