Medical Cannabis Bill Clears Georgia House Panel
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
A Georgia House panel passed a medical cannabis bill Monday that its author said could eventually help up to a half-million Georgians.
The revised House Bill 1, sponsored by state Rep. Allen Peake (R-Macon), would set up a process whereby patients with one of eight diagnoses, and a recommendation from a doctor, would register for cannabis oil use with the state Department of Public Health.
An individual, or that person’s caregiver, would be issued a registration card from Public Health that would allow them to possess the cannabis oil. (Possession would remain illegal for the general public.)
