Overview of Key Georgia Cannabis Laws
Is medical cannabis allowed? Yes (low-THC only at this time)
Is adult-use cannabis allowed? No
Personal Laws
Until rules based on the Georgia’s Hope Act go into effect, possessing just one ounce of marijuana or less is treated as a misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $1,000 and one year in prison.
Personal Possession
Overall Possession: Registered patients may possess up to 20 fluid ounces of low-THC oil.
Non-Georgia Resident Possession: Out-of-state visitors with a registration card issued by another state that allows the same possession of low THC oil as Georgia does may possess up to 20 fluid ounces of low-THC oil.
Personal Growing
Georgia residents are not allowed to grow cannabis.
Registered Medical Patient Growing: None
Registered Caregiver Growing: None
Medical Cannabis Patient Qualification and Registry
Patients with qualifying medical conditions are required to register with the state for access to low-THC cannabis. The Low-THC Oil Permit card fee is $25.
Qualifying medical conditions include:
- Cancer, when such diagnosis is end stage or the treatment produces related wasting illness or recalcitrant nausea and vomiting
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, when such diagnosis is severe or end stage
- Seizure disorders related to diagnosis of epilepsy or trauma related head injuries
- Multiple sclerosis, when such diagnosis is severe or end stage
- Crohn’s disease
- Mitochondrial disease
- Parkinson’s disease, when such diagnosis is severe or end stage
- Sickle cell disease, when such diagnosis is severe or end stage
- Tourette’s syndrome, when such syndrome is diagnosed as severe
- Autism spectrum disorder, when (a) patient is 18 years of age or more, or (b) patient is less than 18 years of age and diagnosed with severe autism
- Epidermolysis bullosa
- Alzheimer’s disease, when such disease is severe or end stage
- AIDS when such syndrome is severe or end stage
- Peripheral neuropathy, when symptoms are severe or end stage
- Patient is in hospice program, either as inpatient or outpatient
- Intractable pain
- Post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from direct exposure to or witnessing of a trauma for a patient who is at least 18 years of age
Business Laws
Until the state’s cannabis program rules are developed under Georgia’s Hope Act, there are no licenses available for businesses.
License Types
Not applicable at this time.
License Fees
Not applicable at this time.
License Timeline
A timeline for awarding business licenses under Georgia’s Hope Act has not been released.
Testing
Testing is required and the amount of THC and CBD must be on the product label.
Training
Georgia does not require training at this time.
Learn More about Cannabis in Georgia and How to Work or Start a Business in the Georgia Cannabis Industry
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Sources and More Information
Data current as of 10/6/19.
