Georgians with certain medical conditions have been permitted to take cannabis oil to ease their symptoms for six years, but it was illegal to purchase in Georgia. The state has finally approved six licenses for companies to produce and distribute...

August 20, 2021

How should we react when a prohibitionist wins a marijuana license? The Haymaker is Leafly Senior Editor Bruce Barcott’s opinion column about cannabis politics and culture. The news that Tom Price, a lifelong prohib...

August 17, 2021

(The Center Square) – Georgia voters will decide whether to exempt certain farmers from taxes under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Brian Kemp.House Bill 498 will let Georgia voters decide in the November 2022 election whether family f...

May 7, 2021

Earlier this year I published a column in this space that looked at longtime prohibition advocate and former high level DEA agent Bob Stutman's recent conversion to supporting the rescheduling of marijuana, citing his own person medical use. In th...

February 20, 2021

An important piece of legislation - the House Bill 324 also known as Georgia's Hope Act was recently signed into law by the Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. The proposed legislation is aimed at facilitating the licensed production and distribution of o...

May 2, 2019

The Georgia State Senate joined the House in passing a bill Friday legalizing cultivation and supply of medical marijuana. The medical marijuana program in Georgia recognizes 16 ailments such as acute seizures, deadly cancer, PTSD, and multiple sc...

March 30, 2019

A bill permitting Georgia farmers to grow hemp for CBD oils and other goods is heading  to Gov. Brian Kemp. The state House voted 151-5 on Friday to give final approval to the legislation, House Bill 213 Hemp is a member of the cannabis family , ...

March 30, 2019

In order to counter the latest move by the Attorney General Jeff Sessions aimed at enforcing stricter federal marijuana laws in states which have legalized medical marijuana, a bipartisan bill was introduced in the House on Thursday. The proposed ...

February 17, 2018