Georgia Legislature debates changes to medical cannabis program

A bill aimed at bolstering Georgia’s long-awaited medical cannabis program took one step closer to the finish line, but not before major changes were made to the original bill. A Senate committee kept language in a bill that would for the first time make the Georgia Medical Cannabis Commission subject to the state open records act. The secrecy surrounding the commission and the bid process has frustrated patients, the public, journalists, and good government advocates.