Don’t Miss This Critical Moment: The House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Georgia’s Medical Marijuana and Hemp Policies Meets TOMORROW!

Rep. Mark Newton
Chairman of the House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Georgia’s Medical Marijuana and Hemp Policies

Key Highlights

Date: Friday, October 24th
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
Location: Atlanta, Georgia – Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Room 406
Agenda: HERE

The video link (when available) will be HERE. Please note: You’ll need to click the drop down menu to the left of “Remote Meetings” to select the 10.24.25 meeting. 

We’re Excited to Have Added Two Important People on the Agenda

Dr. Elizabeth McCord

Dr. Elizabeth McCord is a dual-trained physician in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, completing both her residency and Addiction Psychiatry fellowship at Emory University. She made history as the first Med-Psych resident to serve as Ambulatory Chief Resident at Emory’s Internal Medicine Program.

Now a faculty member in Emory’s Department of Psychiatry, Dr. McCord leads the Emory Addiction Consult Service and maintains outpatient practices in addiction medicine and general psychiatry. She also serves as a hospitalist on the Grady Med-Psych Unit. In addition to her work at Emory, Dr. McCord is adjunct faculty for the University of California Irvine’s Train New Trainers Program, where she mentors healthcare providers nationwide in addiction care.

Dr. Gregg Raduka

Dr. Raduka is the founder of Georgians for Responsible Marijuana Policy, where he now serves as Board Vice-President and chairs the Governmental Affairs Committee. For the past eight years, he has lobbied at the Georgia General Assembly, collaborating with Senate and House Committee Chairs on marijuana and hemp legislation.

With a lifelong career in substance abuse prevention and treatment, he holds a Ph.D. in Human Development from the University of Maryland and is an Internationally Certified Prevention Specialist.

GRMP’s Main Concerns to Share

1.  Close the Delta-8 loophole – which leaves intoxicating hemp-derived products unregulated

2.  Don’t have medical marijuana at 50% THC – ideally, it should stay at 5% to minimize negative outcomes

3.  Don’t allow vaping of medical marijuana – no medical association supports vaping of medicine

Getting to the Coverdell Legislative Office Building (CLOB)

Best MARTA stop: Georgia State Station (Blue/Green lines). Exit toward Piedmont Ave/Capitol Ave and walk ~8–10 minutes to the CLOB.

Alternate MARTA stop: Five Points Station (all lines). Walk ~10 minutes east along Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. to Capitol Square.

Parking (paid):
• One Capitol Avenue SE, Atlanta, GA 30334 — directly across from the east side of the CLOB.
• Underground Atlanta Parking Deck, 75 MLK Jr. Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30303 — ~ 6–10 minute walk.

Tips:
• To ensure seating in the conference room, arrive 15 minutes early.
• If public testimony is taken and you wish to speak, find the public sign-up sheet and sign in as soon as possible (public testimony may or may not be on the agenda).