Medical marijuana patients face delays as demand grows in Georgia August 9, 2023 AggregatedNews Georgia 0 Comments Georgia adds call center and THC card pickup locations Demand for medical marijuana is on the rise in Georgia now that dispensaries are finally open, but some patients say they’re still unable to buy the product because of government delays. Patients… Read More→
Georgia tries to find way out of medical marijuana impasse March 14, 2022 AggregatedNews Georgia 0 Comments Vote pending on bill to break medical marijuana stalemate Jim Wages has waited years to be able to legally buy medical marijuana to help treat his daughter’s violent seizures. They’ve found no relief, despite a state law passed three years… Read More→
Medical marijuana licenses approved for six companies in Georgia July 24, 2021 AggregatedNews Georgia 1 Comment Up to 30 THC oil dispensaries could open in Georgia ROCK SPRING — Georgia’s medical marijuana board chose six companies Saturday that will be allowed to sell the drug, a decision that will finally give registered patients a legal way… Read More→
Director hired to run Georgia’s new medical marijuana program May 9, 2020 AggregatedNews Georgia, Industry People 0 Comments Georgia’s medical marijuana board has hired its first executive director, Andrew Turnage, a government administrator with experience in licensing. Turnage will be responsible for the start-up of a program to distribute cannabis oil to patients who are already allowed to use the… Read More→
NEW: Medical marijuana sales approved by Georgia Legislature April 3, 2019 AggregatedNews Georgia 0 Comments The Georgia General Assembly passed a bill late Tuesday that allows medical marijuana sales, providing a way for patients to buy the drug that they're already allowed to use. The legislation, House Bill 324, licenses private companies and universities to grow… Read More→
Georgia Patients Still Waiting For Legal Means To Purchase Marijuana July 25, 2016 AggregatedNews Georgia 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Push to Expand Georgia’s Medical Marijuana Law Stalls in State Senate March 14, 2016 AggregatedNews Georgia, Policy & Legal 0 Comments A bill that would expand the list of medical conditions that could be treated on Georgia’s medical marijuana law has stalled in committee, after Senate Health and Human Services Chairwoman Renee Unterman, R-Buford, said Monday that she will not schedule… Read More→