Medical marijuana push criticized by Georgia prosecutors

The effort to expand Georgia’s medical marijuana law continued Friday to receive pointed criticism, as supporters struggle to gain support from the state’s law enforcement community.

Chuck Spahos, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, testified during a brief hearing before the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee that he believes House Bill 722 would too broad and, in some spots, contradictory toward its goal of allowing Georgia manufacturers to grow and cultivate medical marijuana in-state under strict controls.

“No matter what anybody does, it’s still going to be in defiance of federal law,” Spahos said.

Marijuana plants grow at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn. Minnesota health officials announced last year that they will allow residents with chronic pain to buy medical marijuana starting in August, in a long-awaited decision that could expand enrollment in the state’s struggling program by thousands of patients. (AP Photo/Jim...

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