Gov. Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 220 in May 2026, expanding Georgia's medical cannabis program, Atlanta News First reported. New qualifying conditions are added, including lupus, and registered patients may inhale cannabis by vape.
The 5 percent THC potency cap is replaced by a 12,000 mg limit on the THC a patient can hold at once. The page says the law takes effect July 1; the year is not stated in the text read. A marijuana policy advocate questioned how much product patients would be able to possess.
Why it matters: This helps registered patients but says nothing about people with past convictions, and adult possession without a card remains a crime in Georgia.
Source: Atlanta News First (WANF), 2026-05-13. Forgotten Prisoner's account is based on this reporting.