Georgia Patients Still Waiting For Legal Means To Purchase Marijuana

July 25, 2016
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Proponents of the use of medical cannabis anxiously await word on a federal agency’s decision on how to classify marijuana.

The Drug Enforcement Administration said earlier this year that it may loosen restrictions on marijuana, although its self-imposed June 30 deadline for a decision has come and gone.

Sebastien Cotte, an advocate for medical marijuana, said a relaxed classification could help Georgia patients now eligible to use certain forms of the drug, though he’s not hopeful.

Georgia is one year into a medical cannabis program that allows patients with a qualifying condition to possess oil with low levels of THC, the psychoactive compound found in cannabis.

It remains illegal to ship or transport it here, however. [Read more at Valdosta Daily Times]

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