After years of waiting and litigation, a state commission will vote Wednesday on rules and regulations governing Georgia’s yet-to-launch medical marijuana program, paving the way for legal dispensaries to open.
What’s happening: At 4pm Wednesday, the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission will meet to approve rules governing where dispensaries can be located, how marijuana will be transported, and other in-the-weeds details.
Why it matters: An estimated 25,000 people are on Georgia’s registry and waiting for a legal avenue to buy locally grown low-THC oil to treat cancer, seizures and other diseases and conditions.
Catch up quick: Families and patients who said the drug provided them with relief from pain waged a multi-year lobbying battle at the Georgia General Assembly to create a medical marijuana program, succeeding finally in April 2019.
- It would be more than three years until the commission could award Trulieve Georgia and Botanical Sciences licenses to grow and…
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