Georgia House Passes Medical Cannabis Expansion Measure with 167 to 4 Vote
Georgia’s full House of Representatives has voted to expand the state’s medical cannabis law.
Senate Bill 16 was passed by the House today with a 167 to 4 vote; the proposal has already been passed by the full Senate.
The proposed law would expand the list of conditions that qualify an individual to legally use cannabis-based medicines to include Tourette’s Syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, epidermolysis bullosa, Alzheimer’s disease, AIDS (when “such syndrome is diagnosed as severe or end stage”) and peripheral neuropathy.
These conditions would join cancer, ALS, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, mitochondrial disease, Parkinson’s disease and sickle cell disease as qualifying medical cannabis conditions.
“This bill doesn’t go as far as many of us like, it does add six more conditions,” says Representative Allen Peake (R), the bill’s lead sponsor. “And it does allow many more Georgians to benefit from this law.”
The full text of Senate Bill 16 can be found by clicking here.