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Georgia General Assembly adjourned at 12:30 a.m., half an hour after adjournment time. The medical marijuana bill did not pass.
The Georgia House passed a watered-down version of a medical marijuana bill on Thursday.
The bill would open up cannabis oil to a larger group of patients by adding six conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, to the list of allowed illnesses and diseases in the current law. It also would specify no punishment for companies willing to ship it into Georgia.
Earlier in the legislative session, language allowing in-state cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes was removed from the bill in a House committee.
The bill appeared all but dead after stalling in a Senate committee before supporters added its language to an old Senate bill. After its passage in the House, the bill headed back to the Senate for approval. But the bill, which would have added ailments that could be treated, didn't come up for a voter in the Upper Chamber.
State Rep. Allen Peake, a Macon Republican, was the primary sponsor of the proposal. Peake said he was disappointed that the Senate didn't consider the bill because it would've "included autism and PTSD and terrets syndrome and AIDS that citizens could benefit from. This medical cannabis oil gave them an option."
Although disappointed, Peake said he's not giving up.
"I fully intend to be back here fighting for these families," Peake said. "They deserve someone who's going to champion this issue for them. They are the ones that I'm disappointed for, the citizens that could have benefitted from legal access to medical cannabis."
Thursday was the final day of the legislative session. The Georgia House also sent a rape kit bill to the Senate, but there did not appear to be any word on a proposed MARTA expansion.
With less than six hours remaining in the session, it didn't appear that lawmakers planned to make any changes to a campus carry bill that passed two weeks ago. Gov. Nathan Deal had asked legislators to address some concerns with that bill.
It was thought that lawmakers could add campus carry language to another bill. A bill that would allow students to carry Tasers on campus passed on Thursday without any campus carry language added.
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Full Article: GA: Medical Marijuana Bill Fails At End Of Legislative Session
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The Georgia House passed a watered-down version of a medical marijuana bill on Thursday.
The bill would open up cannabis oil to a larger group of patients by adding six conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, to the list of allowed illnesses and diseases in the current law. It also would specify no punishment for companies willing to ship it into Georgia.
Earlier in the legislative session, language allowing in-state cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes was removed from the bill in a House committee.
The bill appeared all but dead after stalling in a Senate committee before supporters added its language to an old Senate bill. After its passage in the House, the bill headed back to the Senate for approval. But the bill, which would have added ailments that could be treated, didn't come up for a voter in the Upper Chamber.
State Rep. Allen Peake, a Macon Republican, was the primary sponsor of the proposal. Peake said he was disappointed that the Senate didn't consider the bill because it would've "included autism and PTSD and terrets syndrome and AIDS that citizens could benefit from. This medical cannabis oil gave them an option."
Although disappointed, Peake said he's not giving up.
"I fully intend to be back here fighting for these families," Peake said. "They deserve someone who's going to champion this issue for them. They are the ones that I'm disappointed for, the citizens that could have benefitted from legal access to medical cannabis."
Thursday was the final day of the legislative session. The Georgia House also sent a rape kit bill to the Senate, but there did not appear to be any word on a proposed MARTA expansion.
With less than six hours remaining in the session, it didn't appear that lawmakers planned to make any changes to a campus carry bill that passed two weeks ago. Gov. Nathan Deal had asked legislators to address some concerns with that bill.
It was thought that lawmakers could add campus carry language to another bill. A bill that would allow students to carry Tasers on campus passed on Thursday without any campus carry language added.
News Moderator: Robert Celt 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: GA: Medical Marijuana Bill Fails At End Of Legislative Session
Author: Staff
Photo Credit: Jonathan Wiggs
Website: 13WMAX
