Six months after Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law allowing companies to grow and sell medical cannabis in Georgia for the first time, the program remains stalled because he and other top politicians still haven't appointed members of a commission to oversee the expansion, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Aides to Kemp, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and House Speaker David Ralston haven't said why there's no members yet for the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission. But until they do, the expansion is effectively sidelined.
The legislation, House Bill 324, gave the seven-member commission vast oversight over the state's medical cannabis operation, including picking which businesses can grow the plant and developing the licensing requirements that retailers must meet to sell it.
It's a cornerstone of legislation that creates a new but limited cannabis industry in Georgia. The legislation was celebrated as a milestone for patients who were previously allowed to use the drug — but had to violate state and federal laws to purchase it.
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