Laws in Georgia leave more than 100 new patients in Georgia with no medical marijuana. This even though they have received permission to use a form of medical marijuana in Georgia this month, bringing the statewide total of people using the product to more than 1,800.  Additionally, since May 9 when the latest expansion law took effect, 185 people registered as caregivers bringing the statewide total to 2,248.Georgia lawmakers have added 6 diseases to the list of conditions that qualify someone for a medical marijuana patient card.

New Medical Marijuana Patients in Georgia with no Medical Marijuana

Laws in Georgia leave more than 100 new patients in Georgia with no medical marijuana. This even though they have received permission to use a form of medical marijuana in Georgia this month, bringing the statewide total of people using the product to more than 1,800.  Additionally, since May 9 when the latest expansion law took effect, 185 people registered as caregivers bringing the statewide total to 2,248.

Georgia lawmakers have added 6 diseases to the list of conditions that qualify someone for a medical marijuana patient card.  They include Tourette’s syndrome, autism, Alzheimer’s disease, AIDS, nerve damage called peripheral neuropathy and a painful skin condition called epidermolysis bullosa.

However, cannabis cannot be produced or sold in the State of Georgia, nor can it cross state lines under federal law.  Sadly, patients and families are put in the position to have to find a manufacturer willing to ship products OR travel to another state where the oil is made and risk being caught breaking the law as they return home.

According to WABE (Atlanta’s NPR affiliate):

Rep. Allen Peake, a Republican who authored Georgia’s legislation, said the…

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