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Georgia Governor Nathan Deal recently signed a medical marijuana expansion plan that gives more patients the freedom to smuggle highly illegal, non-intoxicating cannabis oil into the state.
On Monday, the governor put his signature on a bill intended to increase participation in the state’s cannabis oil program. That it does. The measure gives people with AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, epidermolysis bullosa, peripheral neuropathy, Tourette’s syndrome and even hospice patients permission to possess a certain amount CBD oil without fear of state prosecution.
The only problem is the law still does not allow this medicine to be cultivated and produced in the state, which means patients must bring it in from a legal state if they want access.
Unfortunately, this puts thousands of patients in the line of fire for federal drug trafficking charges
State Representative Allen Peake, the lawmaker responsible for bringing the medical marijuana bill to the table, acknowledges that the current state of the low-THC program is flawed, but he believes he can remedy the situation in the next legislative session.
“My hope is that in 2018 we can fill the gaping hole that…
