In the 11 years since Georgia's medical marijuana program started, patients have been restricted to low-potency oils. The Georgia General Assembly gave final approval to a bill Monday that would change that.
The House voted 144-21 to lift Georgia's limit on THC content in medical marijuana, and to allow registered patients to vape the drug to receive faster relief. Senate Bill 220 now advances to Gov. Brian Kemp.
"These are badly needed improvements," said Shannon Cloud, whose 20-year-old daughter suffers from seizures and is a registered Georgia medical marijuana patient. "It allows more flexibility for patients and doctors to access what's really going to work for them, taking away the really tight restrictions."
Of the 42 states with medical marijuana programs, Georgia's has the lowest adoption rates, said Gary Long, CEO of Botanical Sciences, which owns five dispensaries across the state. There are about 34,500 registered patients and 2,200 registered caregivers in Georgia, according to the state Department of Health. Patients will get quicker relief from vaping rather than ingesting oil tinctures, Long said.
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