The state panel in charge of Georgia’s medical cannabis program is opening the search for businesses interested in growing the leaf crop and converting it into cannabis oil.
The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission voted Monday to release a Request for Proposals that will lead to the granting of two “Class 1” licenses and four “Class 2” licenses to grow cannabis indoors and manufacture the oil derived from the plants.
The RFP is based on input from the state attorney general’s office and the Georgia Department of Administrative Services.
Starting the licensing process is a major step forward for a program that has been slow to get off the ground since the General Assembly passed legislation in April of last year legalizing the cultivation of cannabis in Georgia, conversion of the leaf into cannabis oil and the sale of the drug to eligible patients.
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