The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission (GMCC) announced during their public hearing on Saturday in Walker County, the intent to award six permits to manufacture low-THC cannabis oil for medical use in Georgia. Sixty-nine applicants submitted proposals and have undergone a fair and rigorous selection process. One of those was Remedium Life Sciences that planned to produce THC Oil at a location at the Town of Trion’s Industrial Park.

According to information received by WZQZ News Saturday afternoon, Remedium Life Sciences was not one of the companies to make the cut.

In April of  2019, the Georgia General Assembly passed House Bill 324 titled “Georgia’s Hope Act,” which authorizes the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission to oversee the regulated licensing of limited, in-state cultivation, production, manufacturing, and sale of low-THC oil as well as dispensing to registered patients on the state’s Low-THC Oil Registry.

Governor Brian P. Kemp signed the bill into law on April 17, 2019. Georgia’s Hope Act (Official Code of Georgia Annotated §16-12) took effect July 1, 2019.