The Georgia Entry to Medical Hashish Fee (GMCC) on Wednesday issued the state’s first 5 licenses to dispense low-THC medical hashish within the state. The fee awarded the licenses to Botanical Sciences LLC and Trulieve GA Inc for dispensaries in Bibb, Chatham, and Cobb counties.
Underneath the state’s medical hashish legislation, merchandise offered by means of dispensaries can comprise as much as 5% THC. Each Trulieve and Botanical maintain Class 1 manufacturing licenses within the state.
In a press release, Andrew Turnage, government director of the GMCC, stated Trulieve and Botanical, “have been working onerous to get their manufacturing amenities totally operational” and have “signaled they’re able to promote to registered sufferers by making use of for these preliminary shelling out licenses.”
“The shelling out licenses issued as we speak are just the start. As extra dispensaries turn into licensed, extra sufferers will probably be reached at places all through the state.” Even with these licenses issued, the present manufacturing licenses are capable of apply for the extra ones till they attain the utmost quantity allowed by state legislation.” — Turnage in a press release
The GMCC, underneath state legislation, can add yet one more dispensary license as affected person counts within the state exceed 25,000 – 27,000 in all. The legislation permits the fee so as to add an extra dispensary license for each 10,000 sufferers over the 25,000 benchmark.
The state’s medical hashish legislation requires that dispensaries are totally operational inside 120 days of the date the license is issued.
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