ATLANTA -- Cultivating medical marijuana in Georgia is off the table this year, the Macon lawmaker who has been pushing for it said Monday.
"I'm very disappointed that cultivation of medical cannabis will not be included in the substitute for House Bill 722," said state Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon.
His original House Bill 722 would have licensed up to six companies to grow cannabis and sell liquid products to people on the Georgia's medical cannabis registry.
A new version tailored to get the approval of his colleagues opens the registry to more Georgians but doesn't allow for growing it in the state.
"That was the heart of the bill," Peake told the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee during the hearing for the new version of his bill Monday afternoon.
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