ATLANTA — The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission is considering the delivery of medical marijuana products to card-carrying Georgia patients.
According to the commission agenda for their Sept. 16 meeting, commissioners will decide whether or not to approve mail delivery via the U.S. Postal Service and delivery by third-party companies of marijuana products across the state.
The commission item says that the governing body intends to adopt the rule, which would allow those deliveries to occur, as long as they are directly taken to the intended recipients.
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The commission said that when putting together the proposed rule change to allow these deliveries to Georgia patients with official medical marijuana usage cards, they considered the economic impacts of this change.
The rule change is now open to public comments, which must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Sept. 9.
Comments can be mailed via physical copy or emailed to the GMCC here.
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Interested Georgia residents who want to deliver their comments in person will be able to to do so at a Sept. 30 meeting.
The addition of mail and courier delivery for medical marijuana products follows an expansion of eligibility in Georgia for what patients can use and who may be eligible.
Channel 2 Action News covered updates to the state medical marijuana regulations after their passage during the 2026 legislative session.
Senate Bill 220 was approved by Gov. Brian Kemp in May.
In a signing statement about the bill, Kemp said “I do not believe that a well implemented medical cannabis program will inevitably lead to the legalization of recreational use in Georgia nor is the question of recreational use anywhere in the bill on my desk for signature. I therefore sign Senate Bill 220 into law.”
The bill took effect July 1.
When it was implemented, the bill allowed higher concentration tetrahydrocannabinol products to be sold and purchased in Georgia, allowing concentrations of more than 5% THC.
Previously, 5% was the limit.
Channel 2’s Tom Regan reported what that meant for dispensaries and patients, especially in light of the bill’s allowance of marijuana vapes and leaf marijuana to be sold for vaporization at home.
As far as patients who could be eligible for medical marijuana by mail, the most recent GMCC meeting said 45,356 patients were actively registered in Georgia.
The commission said that was a 22% increase in less than a month since the updated regulations took effect in July.
Previously, data from the GMCC showed there were 38,041 registered patients as of July 8. In June, there were 35,662.
The next commission meeting is scheduled for Sept. 16 at 4 p.m. in Suite 420 of the organization’s headquarters on Washington Street.
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