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A low-THC oil programme serves registered patients, adult-use is unauthorised, and possession or sale outside the programme can be charged as a misdemeanour or worse.
Accessible status — Misdemeanor: Conduct treated as a misdemeanor by the state; penalties and enforcement vary.
Georgia operates a narrow medical access programme built around low-THC oil for patients on a state registry, with cultivation and dispensing licences issued to a small number of businesses. Adult-use is not authorised. Outside that programme, possession and the sale of restricted quantities can be charged as misdemeanours, and larger quantities escalate.
The state has also tightened limits on hemp-derived cannabinoid products sold at retail, so a product that is lawful as agricultural hemp in another state may not be lawful on a Georgia shelf.
Retailers and convenience stores carrying hemp-derived cannabinoid lines should verify each product against the state's restrictions, because a mislabelled or over-limit product carries criminal rather than purely civil exposure here.
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Only Georgia's six licensed producers can apply, and each can now hold up to nine dispensaries. The registry stood at 56,650 active patients as of Sept. 23, state regulators said.
Senate Bill 220 renames "low THC oil" as medical cannabis, lets registered patients possess up to 12,000 milligrams of THC and adds qualifying conditions such as lupus. Smoking and public use remain banned.
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