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News Articles: thc oil

 Republican state Rep. Alan Powell of Hartwell says his new legislation is aimed at lifting the veil of secrecy that shrouds medical cannabis regulation, but transparency experts aren’t so sure. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Secrecy in Georgia’s medical cannabis regulation frustrates efforts to deliver relief to patients

For months, rival companies that want to produce low-THC cannabis oil for medical purposes in Georgia have not been able to pry open the black box of the state’s 2019 Hope Act to see how six firms — out of 69 bidders — were awarded licenses to dispense the marijuana extract to patients across the state. And neither the state’s Open Records Act nor legislators trying to see the process have had success.

February 06, 2023
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  • Ray Glier
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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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  • Riley Bunch
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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  • Becky Purser
Cannabis in RX bottle

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Card-Carrying Low THC Oil Patients Have Waited Years To Wait One More

Patients have been waiting for Georgia to establish its medical cannabis industry since the Legislature passed and then-governor Nathan Deal signed Haleigh’s Hope Act in 2015. 

July 02, 2021
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  • Allexa Ceballos
CBD oil has approved medical uses here in Georgia, but it's also beginning to crop up in other places, such as Atlanta menus.

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CBD In Georgia: From Medicine Cabinets To Metro Atlanta Cocktails

Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday signed a bill into law that allows Georgia farmers to grow hemp. The crop is the source of products ranging from rope to soap...

May 13, 2019
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  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Dozens of people attend the first meeting on access to low THC oil in Georgia's State Capitol

Georgia Lawmakers Hold First Study Committee On Medical Marijuana

Georgia lawmakers held their first joint study committee meeting on Low THC Medical Oil Access, also referred to as medical marijuana, Wednesday...

August 31, 2018
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  • Ross Terrell

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