Legalized seven years ago, activist sounds off as lawmakers consider ways to break the logjam.
ATLANTA — Some users of medical cannabis said it’s harder now than ever to obtain the oil the state legalized seven years ago.
Georgia lawmakers thought they made it easier for medical patients to obtain medical cannabis when they legalized it in 2015 and even passed a law to license six companies to grow and produce it in the state in 2019.
But that stalled under the weight of litigation – and eight months after a state commission awarded six grow licenses, nobody in Georgia is legally producing medical cannabis.
Meantime, out-of-state sources have dried up, according to medical cannabis advocate Dale Jackson of LaGrange, who needs it for his autistic son.
“None of you understand how I can legally obtain oil, because legally I cannot,” Jackson told a House committee this week. “Anywhere in the country. Colorado, nowhere.”
Georgia lawmakers are trying to fix the logjam, which stopped the production of medical cannabis before it ever started.
Seven years ago, the state legalized medical cannabis with great fanfare.
Last July, the state…
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Legalized seven years ago, activist sounds off as lawmakers consider ways to break the logjam.
ATLANTA — Some users of medical cannabis said it’s harder now than ever to obtain the oil the state legalized seven years ago.
Georgia lawmakers thought they made it easier for medical patients to obtain medical cannabis when they legalized it in 2015 and even passed a law to license six companies to grow and produce it in the state in 2019.
But that stalled under the weight of litigation – and eight months after a state commission awarded six grow licenses, nobody in Georgia is legally producing medical cannabis.
Meantime, out-of-state sources have dried up, according to medical cannabis advocate Dale Jackson of LaGrange, who needs it for his autistic son.
“None of you understand how I can legally obtain oil, because legally I cannot,” Jackson told a House committee this week. “Anywhere in the country. Colorado, nowhere.”
Georgia lawmakers are trying to fix the logjam, which stopped the production of medical cannabis before it ever started.
Seven years ago, the state legalized medical cannabis with great fanfare.
Last July, the state…
