Efforts to expand the state’s current medical cannabis program stalled just before the legislative session came to a close.
House lawmakers tried to resurrect language from House Bill 722 by attaching it to a separate, already approved bill but lawmakers did not approve of the addition. House lawmakers had previously approved HB 722 but the Senate failed to take action on it.
Under a 2015 law, qualifying patients are permitted to possess 20 ounces of infused cannabis oils containing not more than 5 percent THC and a equal or greater amount of CBD. However, the law provides no legal supply source for these products and, as a result, it has failed to meet the needs of patients.
NORML would like to thank those of you who contacted your state elected officials in support of this legislation. Hopefully, lawmakers recognize the inadequacies of the state’s medical cannabis program and return next legislative session with proposed changes to increase access to those patients who need their medicine.
More information regarding this effort is available from Peachtree NORML or on their Facebook.
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws – Advocacy Campaigns
