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Senate agrees to expanded medical cannabis rules after heated debate
Summary
The Georgia Senate approved a House substitute to expand access to medical cannabis — renaming low-THC oil, allowing vaporized plant products, and adjusting patient and caregiver rules — after an extended, often contentious floor debate over public safety, clinical oversight and commercialization.
The Georgia Senate voted to agree to an amended House substitute of Senate Bill 220 on Thursday, approving a package that renames the current ‘‘low-THC oil’’ program as medical cannabis and broadens the forms and delivery methods that eligible patients may use.
SB 220, carried on the floor by the sponsor (Senator from the 6th), allows certain patients to access vaporized plant material and other cannabis products in addition to oils, sets possession limits by milligram rather than percent, extends a five-year registration option for patients with irreversible conditions, and requires physicians to apply a medical-judgment standard that benefits outweigh…
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