Tuesday night, HB324, a bill that allows medical marijuana sales, providing a way for patients to buy the drug that they’re already allowed to use passed through the Georgia General Assembly.
House Bill 324, will give licenses to private companies and universities to grow medical marijuana. Then pharmacies and possibly dispensaries could sell it to the state’s 8,400 registered medical marijuana patients.
The bill was up in the air until Gov. Brian Kemp helped broker a deal between House and Senate leaders who had struggled to strike a balance between providing access to legitimate patients while preventing illegal marijuana distribution.
The measure now goes to Gov. Kemp to sign or veto.