ATLANTA — After a year of debate, the Georgia Legislature is set to approve its first medical marijuana bill, which will allow possession of a single kind of liquid medicine made from cannabis for any one of eight diagnoses.
A 48-6 state Senate vote Tuesday sends House Bill 1 to the House for a formal agreement to Senate tweaks, then to Gov. Nathan Deal’s desk.
Deal is expected to sign it this week, schedule allowing, said state Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, author of the bill and the Legislature’s medical cannabis evangelist for more than a year. Deal already has expressed support for a slightly different version of the bill.
The measure could go into effect in as few as 30 to 60 days, Peake said.
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