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Medical cannabis committee focuses proposal
ATLANTA — Legislators have the appetite to pass a medical marijuana bill next year that would add Georgia to the list of 23 other states that allow in-state growing.
“I think intractable seizure disorders and for terminal illness-type situations, I think you’re going to find overwhelming support” for medical cannabis access, said state Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon.
But he said he doesn’t think there’s support right now for the use of marijuana to treat chronic pain.
Weighing benefits of pot legalization
Two states have legalized small amounts of marijuana possession. More than 30 states have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes. Recently, The New York Times editorial board called for the decriminalization of marijuana. Kenneth Thompson, the district attorney of Kings County, N.Y., announced he will no longer prosecute misdemeanor marijuana possession cases.