Georgia Planning to Allow Medical Cannabis Delivery by Mail
- The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission is considering allowing mail delivery of medical cannabis products to registered patients following federal rescheduling of state-legal medical cannabis.
- The proposed rule would permit delivery via the U.S. Postal Service or private carriers directly to patients, pending commission approval.
- The commission plans to vote on the rule change on September 16, with public comments accepted by mail, email, or in-person before the vote.
- Earlier in the year, Georgia expanded its medical cannabis program by increasing qualifying conditions, removing THC caps, adding product types, and new consumption methods, resulting in over 10,000 new patients joining since July.
The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission is considering allowing mail delivery for medical cannabis products after the federal government rescheduled state-legal medical cannabis earlier this year, WSBTV reports.
If adopted, the rule would allow for the delivery of medical cannabis products to registered medical cannabis patients via the U.S. Postal Service or a private mail carrier, so long as the deliveries are made directly to the patient.
The commission is set to vote on the rule change during its September 16 meeting. According to the schedule, the officials are expected to approve the rule change. The public can submit comments on the proposed rule change by mail or by email through September 9, while in-person comments can be submitted on September 30.
Earlier this year, Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed into law sweeping medical cannabis changes that added new qualifying conditions for the program, eliminated rules capping the THC content of medical cannabis at 5%, allowed additional product types, and approved new consumption methods.
More than 10,000 patients have joined the Georgia medical cannabis program since the eligibility expansions took effect in July, CBS News reports.