Georgia: Limited medical marijuana bill hits Senate as others push cultivation
A bill offering a small expansion to Georgia’s medical marijuana law will be introduced Thursday in the state Senate, the same day the law’s architect expects to file much broader legislation attempting to legalize growing and distributing the drug in-state for medicinal purposes.
Senate Bill 16 represents an olive branch of sorts from the chamber’s conservative majority, which last year blocked attempts by the House to expand the 2015 law. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle acknowledged last week that it was coming, saying he thought Senate Republicans may be ready to compromise.
While the Senate majority continues to oppose cultivation, SB 16 would back limited expansion of the law — adding autism to the list of illnesses eligible for use of a limited form of medical marijuana — if there’s a rollback of the allowable THC level in the cannabis oil now allowed here.
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