Currently citizens living in Georgia have access to CBD oil for the use of epilepsy, however a bill in the Senate that would have created a new patient registry and expanded the medical conditions that could be legally treated with medicinal cannabis was stalled in the Senate. Gov. Nathan Deal and Sen. Butch Miller feel
Currently citizens living in Georgia have access to CBD oil for the use of epilepsy, however a bill in the Senate that would have created a new patient registry and expanded the medical conditions that could be legally treated with medicinal cannabis was stalled in the Senate.
Gov. Nathan Deal and Sen. Butch Miller feel that
cultivation and the addition of new diseases that can be treated with cannabis oil could open a slippery slope to legalized recreational use of marijuana in Georgia
This unfortunately means that the battle for the legal right to marijuana based medications will likely continue on into 2017 despite the fact that other states who have expanded their medicinal marijuana laws have not had any issues with the so-called slippery slope to recreational legalization.
Check out the full story below and read real stories about the families fighting for legalization and wider uses for medicinal marijuana in Georgia.
