Georgia’s medical cannabis program could have oil on shelves in weeks

In this Monday, April 17, 2017 photo, various cannabis oil products are displayed for a photo in the office of former Georgia state Rep. Allen Peake, R - Macon, rear, in Macon, Ga. Peake championed the creation and expansion of the medical marijuana program in Georgia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Georgia’s eight-year path to legal access to medical cannabis could be within weeks of getting product to thousands of Georgians. Two in-state producers are expected to have product available by this summer, if not earlier.

The next major step for the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission is to grant dispensing licenses for the two current in-state producers of low-THC oil. Those would be used to open up to 12 stores across the state.

Those two producers are Botanical Sciences, which has a facility in Southeast Georgia in Glenville, and Trulieve Georgia, which has a South Georgia facility in Adel.