It’s been about a month since Georgia’s first medical marijuana dispensaries opened, giving patients a legal way to buy cannabis oil.
Georgia’s Medical Cannabis Commission can issue licenses for up to 12 dispensaries. So far only two have opened in Marietta and Macon.
But only more severe conditions and diseases are covered, including the end stages of cancer, AIDS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
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