The Georgia Senate adopted a measure Thursday that may ban drinks containing THC, the energetic ingredient in marijuana.
Senate Invoice 254, which handed 42-14, initially supposed to restrict the quantity of Delta-9 (a type of THC) per serving in gummies, tinctures and drinks. However an modification on the Senate flooring would ban all drinks with THC.
Sen. Invoice Cowsert, R-Athens, sponsored the invoice out of concern in regards to the impairing impact of THC on driving and different actions.
“We’re placing loaded weapons in individuals’s arms within the type of a can or a gummy,” he mentioned, “and we have to shield them.”
His invoice initially restricted the quantity of Delta-9 to 10 milligrams per consumable, which, he famous, was roughly equal to 4 servings of alcohol.
SB 254 additionally restricted the quantity of Delta-9 in tincture and drinks, till Sen. Randy Robertson, R-Cataula, upped the ante together with his modification, saying Georgia was on a “bullet prepare” with marijuana consumption.
Robertson, the Senate majority whip, launched his modification to ban all drinks containing THC.
The modification barely handed, 29-27, with a number of Republicans voting towards it. The Senate chamber stuffed with chatter on the surprising new trajectory for the invoice. A maneuver to rethink the movement failed, after which the Senate handed the amended invoice with a big bipartisan majority.
Afterward, Senate Minority Chief Harold Jones, II, D-Augusta, mentioned he was shocked by what had simply occurred and by the impression on corporations that make drinks containing THC ought to SB 254 develop into regulation.
“It principally destroys a complete trade,” Jones mentioned.
The laws now strikes to the Georgia Home of Representatives.
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