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(Reuters) – The Georgia state Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would expand the state’s limited medical marijuana law to include people with 15 medical conditions, up from nine currently.
The bill now goes to Governor Nathan Deal to sign into law.
Unlike many other U.S. states that have medical marijuana laws that allow smokable and edible forms of cannabis to be used by people who have a wide range of conditions, Georgia only allows cannabis oil and even then, for a limited number of maladies.
The state Senate passed the expansion by a 45-6 vote. The measure was earlier approved by Georgia’s House of Representatives.
Georgia’s limited medical marijuana law was enacted in 2015. If signed into law by Deal, the expansion will add to the initial nine conditions allowed by the state. The governor’s office declined to comment on whether Deal would sign the bill.
Users must be registered with state health officials and prove to be under a physician’s care for the conditions allowed in Georgia’s medical marijuana law.
State Senator Matt Brass said in a telephone interview on Thursday that he is part of the majority of lawmakers in Georgia who do not want to legalize…
