On Feb. 3, Hope United held a rally at the Liberty Plaza, Georgia State Capitol Building to raise awareness for the need of in-state cultivation of medical cannabis. Currently there is a bill being discussed - HB1 - that will give immunity for possessing cannabis oil in Georgia if you meet one or more of the 16 medical conditions listed in this bill. Additionally, there cannot be any more than 5 percent THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive component) - 3 percent for children under 18 - and must meet a minimum of 1:1 ratio of THC:CBD (cannadbidiol). [continues 461 words]
Troup and the other four counties in the Coweta Judicial Circuit plan to use a federal stimulus grant of $428,000 to expand drug courts into each county. The money has been earmarked for this circuit by the governor's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. It would be spread over three years and then the program "has to either be self-sustaining or the counties and municipalities have to be willing to pick it up," District Attorney Pete Skandalakis said Thursday. Drug courts divert nonviolent, substance-abusing offenders from prison and jail into treatment. [continues 588 words]
