There was a lot of fanfare last year when the state of Georgia approved six licenses for medical marijuana manufacturers in the Peach State, but to date not one of the licenses has been issued.

Georgia’s “Hope Act” paved the way for medicinal marijuana in the state, but the government has not been able to follow through with promises to get the prescribed marijuana to patients legally.

Remedium Life Sciences of Georgia hoped to spur additional economic development and industry with their plans to build a low-THC oil producing facility in Trion.  But when the license approvals were issued last year, Remedium was not selected.

Now, lawmakers are trying to get the medical marijuana program moving once again.  This week the Georgia Senate unanimously passed a measure that would jump-start cannabis oil production by authorizing six companies to manufacture and sell the medicine to registered patients.

Licenses would be issued by May 31, according to an amendment approved on the Senate floor.

Georgia has allowed doctor-approved patients to consume cannabis oil since 2015, but there’s still no way for them to legally buy it.