Georgia representative takes law into his own hands by delivering cannabis oil to hundreds of sick patients

A representative from Georgia has been distributing cannabis oil to hundreds of people, relying on narrow provisions in the state’s medical marijuana law to evade felony charges for drug trafficking. Every month, Rep. Allen Peake receives a box of cannabis oil, which he hands out to hundreds of people who are part of the state’s medical marijuana program, WJBF.com reported.

Those who are enrolled in the program are allowed to possess low-THC cannabis oil, but are legally forbidden to cultivate, import, or buy it — making it almost impossible for patients to obtain the drug by legal means. With Peake’s intervention, however, they are given access to a drug that they need to treat or manage serious illnesses they are diagnosed with.