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News Articles: medical cannabis

Darrell “Peanut” Johns enjoys sidecar rides with his dad. Mom Leslie said Darrell’s health has greatly improved since starting medical cannabis, but a recent glitch made renewing his medical card a struggle.

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  • Health

Families struggle as slow rollout of Georgia’s medical cannabis program delays relief

Caregivers say recent glitches have led to problems getting or renewing medical cannabis cards in Georgia.

August 14, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
cannabis

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Medical cannabis producer opens first dispensary near Savannah

One of the two medical cannabis manufacturing companies awarded licenses to operate in Georgia thus far opened its first dispensary Wednesday during a dedication ceremony in Pooler.

July 27, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
cannabis leaf and doctor

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  • News

Georgia independent pharmacies to start selling cannabis oil

Georgians eligible to treat their chronic illnesses with cannabis oil soon will have a lot more choices of places to get the medicine.

June 16, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Customers line up outside the Marietta Trulieve store on its first day of operation.

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  • News

New challenge filed asking court to open up Georgia’s secretive medical cannabis regulations

State’s first two licensed dispensaries now open.

May 08, 2023
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Medical cannabis oil

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  • News

Medical cannabis dispensaries are open, with more on the way

The first two medical cannabis dispensaries in Georgia opened last week in Macon and Marietta. GPB's Peter Biello looks at how the state's cannabis policy has evolved.

May 02, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Cannabis

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Georgia issues a few medical cannabis licenses at last, giving patients access ‘very soon’

After years of waiting, thousands of patients on Georgia’s medical cannabis registry may soon be able to legally receive their medicine.

April 27, 2023
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Georgia state Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick

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  • Politics

Georgia Senate on the brink of regulating Delta-8 sales, adding testing requirements

Georgia senators pressed pause Tuesday on a bill that may have banned the marijuana-adjacent gummies, oils and vape cartridges now on sale at Georgia retailers.

February 22, 2023
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By:
  • Ross Williams
A cultivated field of marijuana plants

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  • Politics

New ‘fix’ to Georgia’s medical cannabis program clears legislative committee

A Georgia House committee has approved legislation aimed at breaking a legal logjam that has held up the state’s medical marijuana program for years.

February 10, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
An activist holds a placard depicting cannabis leaves during a protest in Kyiv in May 2017. Ukraine is moving closer to legalizing medical cannabis, fueled in part by Russia's war.

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  • Europe

The war is speeding up Ukraine's efforts to legalize medical cannabis

Some Ukrainian advocates and lawmakers have long campaigned for the legalization of medical cannabis. A revised version of a bill that failed last year is heading back to Parliament with new urgency.

June 09, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Cannabis oil

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  • Health

State commission looking to speed delivery of cannabis oil to patients with expedited hearings

The agency in charge of Georgia’s medical marijuana program voted unanimously Thursday to turn over responsibility for hearing protests of medical cannabis license awards to the Office of State Administrative Hearings.

May 06, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Jagger Cotte

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Lawmakers expected to revisit medical cannabis system that’s left 20,000 patients empty-handed

Three years after the state allowed local production of low-THC oil, families who celebrated then still can't legally access the treatment. Now lawmakers are under pressure to revisit the broken medical cannabis system.

February 01, 2022
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
Medical Cannabis Oil

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Georgia Today: State's Opaque Licensing Process Has Marijuana Companies Crying Foul

Georgians with certain medical conditions have been permitted to take cannabis oil to ease their symptoms for six years, but it was illegal to purchase in Georgia. The state has finally approved six licenses for companies to produce and distribute medical marijuana oil in  Georgia. However, many companies whose applications were not accepted are calling foul play, protesting the licensing process which can delay the production and distribution of medical cannabis oil for many Georgians in need.

August 20, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jahi Whitehead
Marijuana leaves

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Medical Marijuana Production Facility Coming To Macon

FFD GA Holdings, doing business as Fine Fettle, was among six companies selected recently by the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission to grow marijuana for use in producing low-THC therapeutic oil.

August 05, 2021
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By:
  • Becky Purser
THC oil

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  • Health

THC Oil Production Licenses Awarded To Six Georgia Companies

Six winning companies out of 69 applicants were announced Saturday at a meeting in Rock Spring, more than a hundred miles north of Atlanta. A crowd of nearly 200 people attended the commission meeting, including patients and caregivers who have been waiting years to be able to purchase the oil legally.

July 26, 2021
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By:
  • Allexa Ceballos
Cannabis

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  • Health

Georgia Cannabis Commission Inches Closer To Issuing Grow Licenses

The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission took a step toward approving cannabis cultivation licenses earlier this month, but stopped short of announcing winners.

July 13, 2021
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By:
  • Allexa Ceballos
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