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In February 1980, a 50-0 Senate vote and a 156-8 House vote passed Mona Taft's bill supporting legal medical marijuana in Georgia for people diagnosed with glaucoma and cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation. Members from both parties came together to support Taft, including then-state Sen. Paul Broun.
1996: California becomes the first state to legalize medical cannabis with the approval of Proposition 215. [28] Arizona also passes a medical cannabis ballot measure, but it is rendered ineffective on a technicality. [29] 1998: Oregon, Alaska, and Washington all legalize medical cannabis through ballot measure. [30]
[203] [204] [205] First state legislature to legalize recreational marijuana. [206] Virginia: Legal to possess up to 1 oz (28 g) in public; no limit applies at home. [207] Legislature has yet to authorize retail sales. Legal to possess up to 4 oz (113 g) per 30-day period; unlike recreational use, commercial sales of medical marijuana is legal.
In Georgia, possessing up to an ounce (28 grams) of marijuana for personal use is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 12 months imprisonment and a fine of up to $1,000.
Georgia soon will become the first state in the nation to offer medical marijuana products at independent pharmacies, state officials said. The Georgia Board of Pharmacy began accepting ...
Nebraska. One of the last holdouts to fully ban marijuana in the country, Nebraska’s Initiative Measures 437 and 438 would allow the state to dip its toes into legalization for medical use.
Cannabis in Georgia is legal in terms of its possession and consumption due to a ruling by the Constitutional Court of Georgia on 30 July 2018. This makes Georgia one of the first countries in the world to legalize cannabis for both recreational and medical use, and the only former-communist state in the world to do so.
What’s the medical marijuana law in Georgia? The law in GA allows qualified people to legally have up to 20 fluid ounces of low THC oil, which is derived from the marijuana plant.