Georgia Medical Cannabis Bill Dies in State Senate

Cannabis advocates including Jackson were also critical of the medical cannabis commission’s lack of transparency in awarding the licenses. A bill to repair Georgia’s failed medical cannabis program died in the state Senate this week as lawmakers failed to come to an agreement on a compromise proposal. Four years later, lawmakers finally approved a bill to permit medical pot cultivation and cannabis oil production and sales. The proposal would also have allowed for regulators to award three additional licenses to medical cannabis producers. Under the compromise bill, a state agency would review all of the protests and the original applications to award six medical cannabis licenses by June.