Only on 11Alive Wednesday, hours before the legislation is filed, Macon Representative, and architect of the bill, Allen Peake is releasing the details of new medical marijuana legislation set to ignite the 2016 Georgia Legislative Session.
In the new legislation, Peake aims to add Alzheimer’s, Epidermolysis Bullosa, Aids, Tourette’s syndrome, and intractable pain. Intractable pain will be the most controversial because it will allow the greatest number of patients to have access to cannabis.Currently, there are 465 patients on the medical marijuana registry in Georgia.
According to the bill, marijuana would be grown and dispensed to patients in the same location to attempt to keep the product from ending up in the wrong hands.”We’ll have a seed to sale tracking system too on any plant from the moment it’s put in the ground to the moment when it’s dispensed, law enforcement will be able to track that product,” said Peake.
Dosage and actual administration will be controlled by an on-site pharmacist.
Source: Exclusive: Details of new medical marijuana bill released only on 11Alive
