"US: "Georgia won't grow medical marijuana anytime soon"
That source said Macon Representative Allen Peake, the lawmaker who has pushed medical marijuana legislation since the beginning, stripped in-state cultivation from House Bill 722.
This comes amid growing concerns from other lawmakers, law enforcement and religious groups, and Governor Nathan Deal in recent weeks and months. All have warned against growing medical marijuana in Georgia.
HB 722 was viewed by some as the next step after House Bill 1 passed last year allowing patients to use and possess a certain type of cannabis oil.
Patients were hoping HB 722 would make it easier for them to obtain medical marijuana.
Currently, they have to travel to other states, and in some cases break laws to get it back to Georgia.
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