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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 State panel: No cultivation of medical marijuana in Georgia 🌿State panel: No cultivation of medical marijuana in Georgia
A quick expansion of Georgia’s medical marijuana likely went up in smoke Wednesday when a state-sanctioned board voted down a proposal to allow the plants’ cultivation within the state.
The decision by the Commission on Medical Cannabis came a day after House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he wants to give Georgians access to cannabis oil made from homegrown marijuana.
The commission held their last meeting of the year and made initial recommendations about improving the state’s new law.
Passed earlier this year, the law allows Georgians to use a limited form of cannabis oil to treat severe forms of eight illnesses including cancer, Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy.
Both law enforcement officials and Gov. Nathan Deal, have expressed concerns about contradicting federal law if Georgia were to allow cultivation in-state.
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