Georgia’s first medical cannabis dispensaries open their doors

A line gathers outside of Tulieve's Marietta location which was one of the first medical cannabis dispensaries to open in the state of Georgia on Friday, April 28, 2023. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Eight years after the state of Georgia legalized possession of medical cannabis, two stores opened Friday offering legal access for Georgians to buy it.

Jim and Lisa Wages, along with their 19-year-old daughter Sydney, were the first customers at Trulieve’s dispensary on Cobb Parkway in Marietta.

The Wages have been part of the long fight to bring legal access to medical cannabis to Georgia.