Patients gain higher-THC access as Georgia adds conditions for medical marijuana use – WTVC

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by Katie Glanton
CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. — We are looking into changes made to state law in Georgia after Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill expanding medical cannabis access.
The measure is known as "Putting Georgia's Patients First Act."
It removes the previous THC potency cap and replaces it with a legal possession limit for registered patients.

It removes the previous THC potency cap and replaces it with a legal possession limit for registered patients. File Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images

The new law also adds new health conditions to the list of qualifying medical ailments.
Yolanda Bennett, Co-Founder of the Georgia Medical Cannabis Society, says…
The new law specifically expands the forms of medical marijuana that are legal.

The new law also adds new health conditions to the list of qualifying medical ailments. SBG file photo

Angela Weston, the other Co-Founder of the Georgia Medical Cannabis Society, says…
According to the Georgia Medical Cannabis Society, a milligram dosing system will now be used to determine how much medical cannabis is legal.
The society says plant material that is now allowed can be used to make vapor.

The Georgia Medical Cannabis Society says plant material is now allowed can be used to make vapor. Closeup of woman vaping. Getty Images.

Before this change, Georgia law said the legal limit was only less than five percent of THC, and the only products that were allowed were from low quantity products like oil, lotion, and capsules.
Registered Nurse Hannah Jones says the newly allowed vapor helps patients get relief faster…

The measure is known as "Putting Georgia's Patients First Act." Medical marijuana via Getty Images.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said in his signing statement on the bill…
At least 40 other states have laws allowing medical cannabis. Tennessee does not.
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