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181 US GA: House Oks Medical Marijuana BillTue, 04 Mar 2014
Source:Rome News-Tribune (GA)          Area:Georgia Lines:113 Added:03/04/2014

Local Legislators See Their Sponsored Bills Make It Over the Crossover Day Hump As Well.

(AP) - Patients diagnosed with certain illnesses could take a form of medical marijuana under a plan that Georgia's state legislators backed Monday, ahead of an important deadline that sorts out which bills go forward and which will likely fail for the year.

Legislative rules force lawmakers to get their bills approved by at least one chamber of the General Assembly by what's commonly called "Crossover Day." The rule can be bent, but it's difficult.

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182 US GA: Editorial: Still TrueThu, 27 Feb 2014
Source:Daily Citizen, The (Dalton, GA)          Area:Georgia Lines:69 Added:03/03/2014

A bill before the state Legislature that would legalize one form of medical marijuana for one group of patients passed an important hurdle on Wednesday. But not without undergoing some changes.

The House Health and Human Services Committee approved a bill by Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, that would allow a type of cannabis oil to be prescribed for severe seizure disorders. Parents of children with those disorders as well as physicians report dramatic improvements when the children have been treated with cannabis oil.

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183 US GA: Dempsey Backs 'Restrictive' Medical MarijuanaFri, 28 Feb 2014
Source:Rome News-Tribune (GA) Author:Stewart, Jeremy Area:Georgia Lines:83 Added:03/01/2014

The Bill Would Allow for Further Research into Treating Seizure Disorders.

Personal stories of frustration and lengthy deliberation led a state House committee to unanimously approve a bill that would permit medical marijuana to be grown and used in Georgia for treatment of severe seizure disorders.

Rep. Katie Dempsey, R-Rome, sits on the Health and Human Services Committee, which reviewed the legislation.

She said House Bill 885 provides a way to assist those who suffer from these complications - under tightly controlled restrictions.

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184US GA: Gainesville Drug Testing Policy Draws ScrutinyWed, 26 Feb 2014
Source:Times, The (Gainesville, GA) Author:Silavent, Joshua Area:Georgia Lines:Excerpt Added:02/28/2014

Gainesville will implement a zero-tolerance drug-testing policy beginning Saturday for public safety workers, with termination of employment the penalty for a single failed test.

But substance abuse specialists have concerns about how effective the policy will be in curbing drug addiction and whether firing workers will only lead to further abuse.

The city currently administers random drug tests for transit workers and other jobs that require a commercial driver's license. The new policy would be extended to include testing of police officers, firefighters, plant and equipment operators, lifeguards and other employees who operate city vehicles.

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185 US GA: Editorial: Medical marijuana: A Humane OptionThu, 27 Feb 2014
Source:Savannah Morning News (GA)          Area:Georgia Lines:82 Added:02/28/2014

GEORGIA LAWMAKERS haven't done much of anything this legislative session, which is not a bad thing.

Here's one humane measure, however, that deserves passage - a law that would allow limited use of medical marijuana to treat young Georgians suffering from horrific bouts of seizures.

First off, this isn't about legalizing pot.

The bill that's pending in the Georgia House won't make weed more available so stoners can fire up a joint and achieve a Rocky Mountain-type high, which is the case in Colorado.

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186 US GA: Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Key Committee VoteThu, 27 Feb 2014
Source:Athens Banner-Herald (GA) Author:Cassidy, Christina A. Area:Georgia Lines:89 Added:02/28/2014

ATLANTA - A bill to allow a type of medical marijuana in Georgia under certain circumstances passed a key committee vote Wednesday, keeping it alive as a major legislative deadline looms.

Sponsored by Republican Rep. Allen Peake of Macon, House Bill 885 would revive a long-dormant research program allowing academic institutions to distribute marijuana to patients suffering from specific medical conditions.

The House Health and Human Services Committee passed the bill by a voice vote during Wednesday's meeting, prompting hugs and tears from families in the audience whose children suffer from medical conditions that can cause multiple daily seizures. The families believe, based on anecdotal evidence seen elsewhere, that a form of cannabis oil could reduce the seizures and improve their children's quality of life and have been lobbying lawmakers to support the effort.

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187 US GA: House Panel Oks Bill For Georgia-Grown Medical CannabisThu, 27 Feb 2014
Source:Macon Telegraph (GA) Author:Lee, Maggie Area:Georgia Lines:74 Added:02/28/2014

ATLANTA -- A bill that would legalize access to a cannabis-derived medicine in Georgia passed its first vote Wednesday, with a new provision for sourcing the illegal plant: in-state cannabis cultivation.

It passed via unanimous voice vote in the House Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday night.

"We've tried to address the access problem that we clearly have by providing a cultivation option" at Georgia's five medical research universities, state Rep. Allen Peake, sponsor of House Bill 885, said of his hours-old edits.

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188US GA: Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Key VoteThu, 27 Feb 2014
Source:Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN) Author:Cassidy, Christina A. Area:Georgia Lines:Excerpt Added:02/27/2014

ATLANTA (AP) - A bill to allow a type of medical marijuana in Georgia under certain circumstances passed a key committee vote Wednesday, keeping it alive as a major legislative deadline looms.

Sponsored by Republican Rep. Allen Peake, of Macon, House Bill 885 would revive a long-dormant research program allowing academic institutions to distribute marijuana to patients suffering from specific medical conditions.

The House Health and Human Services Committee passed the bill by a voice vote during Wednesday's meeting, prompting hugs and tears from families in the audience whose children suffer from medical conditions that can cause multiple daily seizures. The families believe, based on anecdotal evidence seen elsewhere, that a form of cannabis oil could reduce the seizures and improve their children's quality of life and have been lobbying lawmakers to support the effort.

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189 US GA: OPED: Let's Not Jump The Gun With Marijuana LegalizationSun, 23 Feb 2014
Source:Gwinnett Daily Post, The (GA) Author:Gerstein, Ellen Area:Georgia Lines:72 Added:02/26/2014

It's all we hear: Let's legalize marijuana. What harm can it do? Marijuana legalization proponents are tugging on our heartstrings by highlighting how critical medical marijuana is for certain individuals. This seems like a new argument, but it's not.

Since the 1970s, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) has been supporting medical marijuana laws as the best strategy to achieve overall legalization of the drug. Their ploy has worked. Public support for legalization has increased. But there is more to the story than this. Don't be fooled by social media posts that discard concerns about the drug. These very vocal proponents of legalization are sharing their opinions, not facts.

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190 US GA: Time Running Short On Medical Marijuana BillMon, 24 Feb 2014
Source:Macon Telegraph (GA) Author:Lee, Maggie Area:Georgia Lines:94 Added:02/26/2014

ATLANTA -- The hourglass is emptying fast for a medical marijuana bill that is not scheduled for a vote before a key deadline.

Meanwhile, though, another idea for medicine made with compounds found in marijuana might move faster than Georgia law.

House Bill 885 by state Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, would legalize doctor-supervised use of a cannabis-derived liquid medicine for severe seizures.

It's had one hearing before the House Health and Human Services Committee, but no vote had been scheduled as of late Monday afternoon.

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191US GA: Appeal Likely After Pastor's Widow Awarded $2mSat, 22 Feb 2014
Source:Times, The (Gainesville, GA) Author:Witman, Emma Area:Georgia Lines:Excerpt Added:02/25/2014

Ayers' husband was killed by deputy during 2009 drug sting

A widowed Hall County woman has been awarded more than $2 million by a federal jury in a wrongful death suit.

Jurors on Thursday deemed $2.3 million in damages and expenses to Abigail Marilyn Ayers, wife of Jonathan Ayers, a Northeast Georgia pastor who was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in September 2009. The trial began last week at the Federal Court in Gainesville.

In causing Ayers' death, the defendant, Billy Shane Harrison, "intentionally committed acts that violated Jonathan Ayers' constitutional right not to be subjected to excessive or unreasonable force by a law enforcement officer," the jury determined by its verdict, according to court records.

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192 US GA: Family Shares Daughter's Story Of Fatal Drug AddictionSun, 23 Feb 2014
Source:Marietta Daily Journal (GA) Author:Morgan, Hannah Area:Georgia Lines:211 Added:02/25/2014

ACWORTH - One year after she buried her 23-year-old daughter, Teresa Turner is ready to share her family's story.

Blonde, outgoing and an accomplished athlete and student, Elizabeth Turner died from a heroin overdose Feb. 11, 2013, after years of struggling with a drug addiction.

Three weeks ago, her family started a website to spread the word about Elizabeth's death and resources for families dealing with drug addictions. As of Tuesday, more than 1 million people had visited the site and added their personal addiction stories.

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193US GA: Jury Awards Widow $2.3 Million In Pastor's Wrongful DeathFri, 21 Feb 2014
Source:Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) Author:Stevens, Alexis Area:Georgia Lines:Excerpt Added:02/25/2014

A federal jury awarded more than $2.3 million Thursday afternoon to the family of a Toccoa pastor shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy.

Jonathan Ayers, 28, was shot Sept. 1, 2009, in the parking lot of a Toccoa convenience store after inadvertently stepping into an undercover drug investigation. Ayers was the minister at Shoal Creek Baptist Church in Lavonia at the time of his death.

In December 2009, a grand jury decided the shooting was justified. Then in March 2010, Ayers' widow, Abigail Ayers, filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging excessive use of deadly force, assault, battery and false arrest against Deputy Billy Shane Harrison.

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194 US GA: Prison Labor Sparks DebateSat, 22 Feb 2014
Source:Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, GA) Author:James-Johnson, Alva Area:Georgia Lines:312 Added:02/24/2014

On weekday mornings, when most Columbus residents are just starting their day, hundreds of Muscogee County Prison inmates are already on the job. In shifts starting as early as 6:30 a.m., they are dispersed throughout the city to collect trash, clean city buildings, dig ditches, maintain roadways and work at locations such as golf courses, the animal shelter and the recycling center.

The program, now the largest county prison work camp in Georgia, has existed for more than 135 years, according to the Muscogee County Prison website. It saves the city between $17 million and $20 million annually, officials said. Local entities also benefit from funds the program receives from the state.

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195 US GA: Pot activist: Don't Get Fooled By Georgia's 'Medical Marijuana'Fri, 21 Feb 2014
Source:Creative Loafing Atlanta (GA) Author:Cornwell, Paul Area:Georgia Lines:151 Added:02/24/2014

State lawmakers are currently debating an update to the state's long-dormant "medical marijuana" law to make cannabis oil available to children suffering from epilepsy and other conditions. But Paul Cornwell, a longtime marijuana activist and founder of the Great Atlanta Pot Festival, argues that what's happening under the Gold Dome doesn't involve "medical marijuana" at all - and could set back the actual movement to make the plant widely available. Cornwell is the national coordinator of the Coalition for the Abolition of Marijuana Prohibition, or CAMP.

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196 US GA: PUB LTE: Blanket LegalizationWed, 19 Feb 2014
Source:Macon Telegraph (GA) Author:Tanner, Faye W. Area:Georgia Lines:29 Added:02/22/2014

Reference to "Hearings begin on marijuana." I can only speak for myself like any parent or person having very ill family members. I would try anything to help before taking unauthorized medication. Therefore, if we legalize medical marijuana in one state it should be legalized in all, tested and approved by FDA, prescribed doses by doctors and processed through pharmacies. However, strict laws should be passed to protect against suing doctors and pharmacies if misused by recipients and patients become addicted and/or overdose.

Further, maybe some stipulations as to the amounts kept on hand by pharmacies needs guarded procedures as to potential break-ins and/or thefts.

- -- Faye W. Tanner

Macon

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197 US GA: PUB LTE: Drug War Is PointlessTue, 18 Feb 2014
Source:Augusta Chronicle, The (GA) Author:Duff, Dallas Area:Georgia Lines:58 Added:02/22/2014

There are many Americans against the legalization of marijuana and other drugs. Heroin had a big spotlight in the news recently after the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman.

I understand why people want drugs illegal. People say its about "what's best for society." Sounds noble, but there's a big fact that's apparently not realized: Making drugs illegal does little to control the supply or the consumption. The war on drugs is pointless, and it costs us a ton of money.

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198 US GA: OPED: The South Goes To PotWed, 19 Feb 2014
Source:Catoosa County News, The (Ringgold, GA) Author:Brazile, Donna Area:Georgia Lines:94 Added:02/21/2014

Its Marijuana Laws Were Only "Getting Tougher."

In Louisiana (my home state), I wasn't surprised that the editor of LaPolitics, Joe Maginnis, observed that Louisiana "is not a culture of where marijuana is accepted." True dat. Harsher penalties were being introduced in 2010 there, too.

Except that today, the reverse is true. Last month, the Florida Supreme Court approved the language for a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana three days before citizens gathered enough signatures to place it on the November ballot. And NORML, a group working to reform marijuana laws, reports an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) poll found that 53 percent of Louisianans favor legalizing recreational marijuana. Support for legalizing marijuana "is blooming in the South," it said.

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199 US GA: PUB LTE: Up In SmokeSun, 16 Feb 2014
Source:Macon Telegraph (GA) Author:Walker, Shane Area:Georgia Lines:32 Added:02/17/2014

First, Georgia is not legalizing medical marijuana, just one small part of it for use in a very limited study that is now not operating.

This study hasn't been staffed or used in over 20 years. If they allow cannabidiol to be included in this study, it would mean almost nothing.

We all know this would take a very long time, more than likely years. Then the restrictions to get into the study would be very strict and difficult. That would mean a very small number of people who need the help could get it.

But the biggest problem is that only one grower in Colorado extracts the cannabidiol oil and cannot ship or sell outside the state of Colorado. That means that all of this hubbub is just some politician making a name for himself.

- -- Shane Walker

Warner Robins

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200 US GA: Peake Retooling Medical Marijuana Bill, Ready to FaceSat, 15 Feb 2014
Source:Macon Telegraph (GA) Author:Ramati, Phillip Area:Georgia Lines:191 Added:02/17/2014

Until about five weeks ago, state Rep. Allen Peake was like most politicians: He didn't want to go near any legislation that used the words "legalization" and "marijuana" in the same sentence.

Then he met Haleigh Cox, a 4-year-old Forsyth girl who suffers dozens of seizures a day and who could be helped by a compound extracted from cannabis to control those seizures.

"Meeting Haleigh and the Cox family was the turning point for me," Peake said. "Before that, I wouldn't have touched this issue with a 10-foot pole."

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