First state to let pharmacies sell low-dose cannabis
Added on 15 December 2023
That will make Georgia the first U.S. state where pharmacies sell medical cannabis, CNN reported.
By year's end, patients who meet a very narrow criteria for medical cannabis use under Georgia's law will be able to buy low-dose THC products at their local pharmacy.
What that won't mean is joints being sold at pharmacies, said Gary Long, CEO of the medical cannabis production company Botanical Sciences, one of two licensed distributors in Georgia, CNN reported.
What it will mean is that pharmacies around the state that want to sell products with THC content of 5% or less can file an application with the Georgia Board of Pharmacy. Products may include oils, tinctures, topicals, capsules and lozenges.
"There are patients in my area that I talk to all the time who've been begging for this," pharmacist Jonathan Marquess told CNN.
THC is the component of cannabis that makes someone high, but that's also why it's prescribed for pain, nausea and insomnia.
Long said 130 local pharmacies have agreed to sell his products. A professional association representing independent pharmacies said many of the state's 400 independent pharmacies have seemed interested in getting the license.
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