Georgia Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill
The Georgia Senate has approved a medical marijuana bill. The bill is supposed to expand clinical trials of cannabis oil that are underway for children with seizure disorders. Sen. Lindsay Tippins, R-Marietta, says his bill is a legal way for children with seizure disorders to get the oil.
“We have to move judiciously and cautiously to avoid medical ramifications that we may not anticipate,” says Tippins.
But Sen. Curt Thompson, D-Tucker, argued the bill is too limited and doesn’t help enough Georgians.
“That’s all this bill does. It doesn’t do more than help a few hundred people, when you have thousands of people suffering from cancer, you have thousands of people suffering from ALS,” says Thompson.
The House version of the bill would decriminalize cannabis oil for Georgians with nine medical conditions including cancer, Crohn’s disease and sickle cell.
Sen. Renee Unterman, R-Buford, who leads the Senate Health and Human Services committee says she plans to come up with a compromise between the two bills.
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