While the Georgia Legislature made it legal to use medical marijuana products, like low THC oil, back in 2015, Georgians have had no legal way to access it. A compromise on that bill passed both chambers of the Legislature late Tuesday, to applause in the House of Representatives upon final passage.
It came through with the support of the governor, House speaker and lieutenant governor after hours of testimony from patients who use the medicine and opponents who argue that it could pave the way for recreational marijuana use.
“Four years ago, we started down a journey in this House where we would allow patients in this state to possess an oil,” said Rep. Micah Gravley, a Republican who sponsored the bill. “You see there was one aspect of that journey that we didn’t think about. And that was where will they get that oil?”
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