Georgia cannabis history
Reviewed
The Department of Public Health says marijuana is not legal in Georgia. It says registry patients and caregivers may possess medical cannabis that contains up to 12,000 milligrams of THC.
This is a short history, not legal advice. The rules that apply today are on the Georgia cannabis laws page. A date is included only when the linked page states it.
At a glance
Current department pagePossession of any form of marijuana by an unauthorized person is a violation of state and federal law.
Current department pageThe registry is the department’s low-THC oil and medical cannabis page. The enactment dates of those laws are not stated there.
What the department states
- The two sentences above are the sourced status. No enactment year is added, because the page that was opened does not give one.
Sources
Citations were checked against the linked pages on October 24, 2026. Claims without a statute, election result, regulator page, court opinion, or news report were left out.