Medical Marijuana Battle Continues In Georgia

[Robert Celt]

The war on medical marijuana is over - that's what some are saying following a decision Friday by the federal government to ease its stance on the drug.

But the fight continues in Georgia.

Patients can have it, but they can't get it in the state.

Despite overwhelming support from voters to grow medical marijuana in our state, the Georgia commission on medical cannabis recently said no thanks.

For the first time Allen Peake, the Macon representative behind the medical cannabis effort is speaking out about what he believes caused this massive setback.

The push to legalize and expand medical marijuana in Georgia has seen its share of ups and downs.

Macon representative Allen Peake has been on the front lines of it all.

"We've faced a lot of challenges in this effort over the last two years," said Rep. Allen Peake, (R) Macon.

Peake was instrumental in getting a bill passed that allows certain patients in Georgia to possess and use cannabis oil, but it remains illegal to grow and produce.

"I think there's a concern that it can't be controlled, and I think those are false fears."

Those fears were on full display at the last Georgia Commission on Medical Cannabis hearing when the group voted not to make a cultivation recommendation to Governor Nathan Deal.

"Cultivation of marijuana is against federal law and as a law enforcement officer I'm not going to support anything that is contrary to federal law - not contrary just violates federal law," said Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Director Vernon Keenan.

GBI and Georgia Sheriff's Association officials accompanied Peake on a fact finding mission to Colorado in November.

"They heard the horror stories," said Peake.

Colorado, a place where medical and recreational marijuana is legal, versus Minnesota, a place Peake visited, recently.

It's also one with a very strict, controlled medical marijuana law.

"If I made one tactical error, it's that we went to Colorado first rather than going to a Minnesota," Peake said.

But what's done is done, and the task ahead this legislative session is a tall one.

"It's going to be a miracle to pull it off but for the sake of hurting citizens in Georgia I am hopeful we can get there."

A miracle not unlike the one they pulled off in 2015.

The new fight begins January 11th day one of the 2016 legislative session.

Under that federal spending bill passed Friday retail operations in states where medical marijuana is legal no longer have to worry about federal drug raids.

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[OlderGrower]

“Cultivation of marijuana is against federal law and as a law enforcement officer I’m not going to support anything that is contrary to federal law - not contrary just violates federal law,” said Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Director Vernon Keenan.

Oh I would love to see if he follows every federal law the same way? Do you think he is out deporting illegal immigrants? There are tons of federal laws that they love to turn a blind eye to. I would suggest people in Georgia start looking up obscure federal laws and calling them in to Mr. Vernon Keenan and see if he is consistent with his statement or if it is just MJ he is going to go after. Ask him if he actively looks for people in procession of either bald eagle or red tail hawk feathers? Believe it or not, their is a federal law preventing people, including native americans from owning these feathers.
Ask him how many arrests last year his department did against illegal feather processors?

 

[420 Warrior]

GBI and Georgia Sheriff's Association officials accompanied Peake on a fact finding mission to Colorado in November.

"They heard the horror stories," said Peake.

Ok? so they go to Colorado and only come back with "Horror Stories"? Really? Because I visit Colorado every day (via 420 Magazine) and I have read way too many positive stories about how much money is being made and pouring into the coffer and about how few people are rotting away in prison and how many sick people are getting the medicine they need to get better and they consider these to be "Horror Stories"? Where is the "Horror" in people finally having a choice to live their lives the way they want to live it freely?

Who were these people even talking to out there in Colorado that would be telling them that what's going on out there is horrible? What? did they go out of their way to find just the very few people out there that actually oppose what's going on out there or something? I just don't get it? Who would be telling them that it's horrible in the first place? From what I see every day, Coloradans are loving life right about now.

"If I made one tactical error, it's that we went to Colorado first rather than going to a Minnesota," Peake said.

Why, because Minnesota still keeps their citizens under their thumb and their people still go to jail for recreational Cannabis? So I guess addiction to greed and power is way more appealing to them than civil liberty and freedom? There's no "Horror" in that I suppose? Unless your one of the unlucky people rotting needlessly in prison! I also guess that a child not getting to be with a parent on Christmas or any other time in the near future has any kind of "Horrible" effects? Right?...WRONG!!!

Don't you just love the wordage used by these fuck sticks when they start making up more propaganda to spread around? Words like "Slippery Slope", "Horror Stories", "can't be controlled"? You know, things that only a truly idiotic and uneducated person would say when they have absolutely no freakin' idea of what the hell they're talking about!!!?

With people like this in charge of my home state, it's down right embarrassing to admit that I'm from Georgia, but at least y'all know that we're not all like these idiots down here because I'm pretty sure I have proven that's not the case, or at least I hope I have? At least with stories like this, y'all get to see where all my passion comes from anyway.

 

[420 Warrior]

"Cultivation of marijuana is against federal law and as a law enforcement officer I'm not going to support anything that is contrary to federal law - not contrary just violates federal law," said Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Director Vernon Keenan.

Oh I would love to see if he follows every federal law the same way? Do you think he is out deporting illegal immigrants? There are tons of federal laws that they love to turn a blind eye to. I would suggest people in Georgia start looking up obscure federal laws and calling them in to Mr. Vernon Keenan and see if he is consistent with his statement or if it is just MJ he is going to go after. Ask him if he actively looks for people in procession of either bald eagle or red tail hawk feathers? Believe it or not, their is a federal law preventing people, including native Americans from owning these feathers.
Ask him how many arrests last year his department did against illegal feather processors?

Your dead right about the illegal aliens brother, we are absolutely loaded down with them here in Georgia.

I've honestly never met anyone that collects hawk feathers here and we don't have any bald eagles that I know of so, you've got me on that one, but illegals? We'd be more than happy to share some of those with y'all.