More than 1,300 people have been registered as medical cannabis patients in Georgia, state officials said last week.
That patient number has grown since the first Georgia medical marijuana registration card was issued in July 2015.
Sheila Pierce of the Department of Public Health told the agency board last week that 311 physicians have registered to certify patients for medical cannabis.
Almost half of the 1,309 patients were listed as having a seizure disorder, the state data show. That’s one of the eight diagnoses that the 2015 Georgia law allowed for possession of medical cannabis oil.
