Cannabis Edibles Are Not Legal in Georgia
Maybe it caught your attention along I-75 south in Byron: a billboard advertising the sale of cannabis, also known as marijuana.
John Cater from Macon saw the YourCannabisOMS.com billboard. It’s an online marijuana dispensary.
“Edible Cannabis is legal in Georgia, that’s what the billboard says, so it must be true,” Cater said.
State Representative Allen Peake of Macon, who crafted Georgia's medical marijuana law, says that's not the case.
“I don’t know how they're saying that. I wrote the law, I know the law, and medical cannabis oil is the only form that you can legally possess in Georgia,” Peake said.
He says to legally possess it, you have to have one of eight medical conditions and register with the state.
“Once they have that cannabis card, they can legally possess medical cannabis oil only here in Georgia, but they still have to go obtain it from somewhere else,”...
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