Regulators in Georgia have opened the door for medical cannabis patients in the state to have far greater access to treatment. Lawmakers in the Peach State first legalized medical cannabis treatment with the passage of Haleigh’s Hope Act in 2015, which granted eligible patients access to low-THC cannabis oil. The state Board of Pharmacy “has released a set of regulations that will allow Georgia’s independent pharmacies to dispense cannabis oil to eligible patients enrolled in a registry maintained by the state Department of Public Health,” according to Northwest Georgia News. The state General Assembly followed that up with “Georgia’s Hope Act” in 2019, “which authorizes the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission to oversee the regulated licensing of limited, in-state cultivation, production, manufacturing, and sale of low-THC oil as well as dispensing to registered patients on the state’s Low-THC Oil Registry,” according to the state Access to Medical Cannabis Commission’s official website. Brian Kemp signed the bill into law that spring, the commission was “administratively attached for budget, procurement, and human resources support…to the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State,” the government website says.
Regulators in Georgia have opened the door for medical cannabis patients in the state to have far greater access to treatment.
The state Board of Pharmacy “has released a set of regulations that will allow Georgia’s independent pharmacies to dispense cannabis oil to eligible patients enrolled in a registry maintained by the state Department of Public Health,” according to Northwest Georgia News.
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