Georgia Finally Awards Two Medical Cannabis Licenses & Production is Set to Begin Within a Year

​Georgia legalized medical marijuana seven years ago. The state has been excruciatingly slow in advancing, but it is moving forward.

Two medical cannabis licenses have just been approved, to Botanical Sciences LLC and Trulieve Georgia Inc.

There will be another four licenses granted eventually, but they are currently tied up in litigation.

The two licenses just issued authorize the companies to grow, manufacture and sell cannabis oil that contains no more than 5% THC. The companies must begin production within a year, and can open up to five retail locations (according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

The Chairman of the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission, Sid Johnson, said, “… we look forward to ensuring that the product comes to market as quickly and as safely as possible.”

One of the new license holders, Trulieve, is building an indoor cultivation facility and a processing facility in Adel, Georgia. Their CEO Kim Rivers said, “We look forward to educating the Georgia market on the numerous health and wellness benefits of cannabis, as well as providing patients statewide access to the medical cannabis they have been seeking.”


​Georgia currently has just under 25,000 registered medical marijuana patients. 

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