Pubdate: Tue, 01 Mar 2016
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
Copyright: 2016 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Author: Aaron Gould Sheinin

GEORGIA HOUSE PASSES MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL

The Georgia House on Monday overwhelmingly approved House Bill 722, 
which would expand the list of ailments that qualify for the state's 
limited medical marijuana program.

By a vote of 152-8, the House sent state Rep. Allen Peake's bill to the Senate.

Peake, a Macon Republican, said the bill moves the ball forward but 
falls short of what he had hoped to accomplish this year. HB 722 
originally would have created a state-sponsored program to grow, 
cultivate and manufacture medical marijuana in Georgia, but 
opposition from law enforcement put an end to that.

Instead, it adds several disorders to the list of diseases that 
qualifies for the state program. But patients will still have to risk 
arrest by traveling out of state to obtain the medication.
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