Dueling cannabis bills await action

ATLANTA – A call to scale back part of the state’s medical cannabis program quickly found opposition.

The proposal, which comes from the Senate, seeks to reduce the percentage of THC allowed in cannabis oil. Under the proposal, it would go from 5 percent to 3 percent.

The measure would also add autism to the list of medical conditions that qualify for the program.

It’s a vastly different proposal than that the House of Representatives has pitched. That measure would expand the program, adding autism, Tourette’s syndrome, Alzheimer’s and a few other conditions.

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