A state board issued licenses Wednesday to two companies to be able to sell medicinal cannabis
MARIETTA, Ga. — People will soon be able to buy medical marijuana in Georgia for the first time. Two dispensaries passed inspections Thursday afternoon and are now set to open Friday morning. They’re part of five total locations a state commission approved Wednesday to sell medical cannabis.
Shannon Cloud, a Cobb County parent of a 17-year-old with chronic seizures, said she was elated to hear the news after trying to make progress in getting access to medical cannabis in Georgia.
“We’ve been waiting nine years for this to happen since we started this fight, so this is absolutely incredible that all the adults and kids who need this medicine will have a way to get it,” Cloud said. “The thing with seizures is you never know when it could be the last. It could be the one that takes their life. The idea that there’s any medicine out there that could stop those seizures is an incredible relief for parents.”
The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission’s decision allows two companies, Georgia-based Botanical Sciences and Florida-based Trulieve, to legally sell medical marijuana to registered patients in the state.
The commission issued five dispensing licenses…
