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Protests Flare in Georgia After Cultivation Licenses Are Awarded

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The state recently awarded cultivation licenses to six growers, all of whom are expected to launch their businesses in the next few months. Class 1 permits allow growers to cultivate the plant over 100,000 square feet of space. Class 2 licenses allow growers to cultivate the plant over 50,000 square feet of space.

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Interview With FN's Lisa Pittman Featured In Dallas News

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She came to the industry not from the recreational side, but as a mother seeking treatment for her child with epilepsy. In 2014, I was reading the Senate Bill 339 [Texas’ Compassionate Use Act enacted in 2015] testimony of mothers of children with epilepsy. This law was passed in 2015.

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Cannabis laws in Georgia

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The program was legalized in 2015 and patients with qualifying conditions can get a prescription for up to 20oz of low THC oil, capsules, patches, or lotion. In 2015, Georgia legalized possession of up 20 fl. In-state cultivation and distribution weren’t legalized until 2019. Georgia’s medical cannabis program.

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Cannabis laws in Texas

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In recent years, lawmakers have eased up on a number of cannabis-derived formulations, and since 2015, people with epilepsy can obtain cannabis oil that contains less than 0.5% Smoking is not an approved method of using cannabis in Texas, and the new medical marijuana guidelines do not allow home cultivation. Where to Buy.

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Serbian Patients Face Jail as Medical Marijuana Legalisation Stalls. so far 20 have gone to jail

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Fifty-nine-year old Dragoljub Mrdjic has suffered from epilepsy for most of his life. The indictment revealed that the farm’s owner cultivated his massive marijuana crop with the help of at least five members of the Serbian police force, the Security Information Agency and the Military Intelligence Agency.

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Georgia Medical Cannabis Patients Can Now Purchase Cannabis Oil From Pharmacies

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The Haleigh’s Hope Act and Georgia’s Hope Act Back in 2015, regulators in Georgia first legalized medical cannabis use by passing the Haleigh’s Hope Act. In 2019, Georgia’s General Assembly passed Georgia’s Hope Act, which legalized the regulated cultivation of marijuana in the State.

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What Would Happen if Texas Legalized Cannabis?

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In 2015, Representative David Simpson introduced a bill to legalize on religious grounds, stating, “I don’t believe that when God made marijuana, He made a mistake that the government needs to fix.”. This bill also allowed for previously convicted offenders to be resentenced under the terms of the new law.