Pharmacies in Georgia final week started promoting medical hashish merchandise to sufferers, changing into the primary within the U.S. to take part in medical hashish gross sales, CNN experiences. State officers had accredited the rules earlier this month, paving the best way for unbiased pharmacies to promote low-THC hashish oils allowed underneath the state’s medical hashish program.
Robins Pharmacy, Omega Pharmacy, and the Allen Pharmacy Group are the primary three pharmacies within the state to get licenses to promote the merchandise. State lawmakers had accredited the regulation permitting pharmacies to promote the merchandise in 2019, nevertheless it took years for the rules to get closing approval.
Dr. Ankit Patel, of Robins Pharmacy, instructed CNN he’s been “excited” about the opportunity of promoting the merchandise “for about for years now” and that he had utilized for this system “instantly.”
To get state approval, pharmacies submit an software and are inspected by the state medication and narcotics company. Inspectors examine the shop’s safety, query the workers about how a lot they know concerning the merchandise, and about the right way to deal with the merchandise, earlier than the state will grant them the license.
Invoice Posey, the proprietor of Allen Pharmacy Group instructed CNN he already has sufferers calling about once they may begin shopping for the merchandise.
“It’s going to be nice,” he mentioned.
Beneath the state’s medical hashish regulation, there are 16 medical situations that enable sufferers to entry the low-THC oils.
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