Lawmakers tried to revive Georgia’s stalled medical marijuana program Tuesday, advancing different bills through the state House and Senate that aim to issue licenses for businesses to manufacture and sell the medicine.
Both measures attempt to jump-start cannabis oil production following delays since a state commission announced plans last summer to award licenses to six companies. Protests by 16 losing companies alleged the process was unfair, creating a bureaucratic deadlock that still hasn’t been resolved.
Georgia has allowed doctor-approved patients to consume cannabis oil since 2015, but there’s still no way for them to legally buy it.
The House proposal would restart the medical marijuana licensing program from scratch, discarding tentative awards to the six companies that were announced last year. House Bill 1425 passed on a 169-5 vote. [Read more at The Atlanta Journal-Constituion]
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