Georgia cannabis commission considering medical marijuana rules

ATLANTA – Georgia’s long-delayed medical marijuana program is about to take off, despite a spate of unresolved lawsuits from companies that lost out in the bidding for licenses.

The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission is expected to vote Wednesday on rules governing all aspects of the program from growing the leaf crop in greenhouses under close supervision to manufacturing low-THC cannabis oil to treat patients suffering from a variety of diseases to selling the product at a network of dispensaries across the state.

“We’ll have a big ramp-up,” said Andrew Turnage, the commission’s executive director.

The commission voted in September to award the first two of six production licenses authorized in a law the General Assembly passed in 2019.

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