Two medical topics today: A Southern doctor writes about the need to get behind a federal law that will reduce penalties for marijuana. The decriminalization of medical cannabis is welcome news for Georgia’s afflicted and their families, but the transport of the oil remains a crime. The proposed law should ease the way. With nearly half of U.S. states allowing medical cannabis, the time has come for such consideration. In our second column, executives of local charities weigh in on behalf of residents who fall through the cracks of Georgia’s health care coverage gap.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives to a news conference on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. MTG’s metamorphosis isn’t all that rare. It’s just more in our face, writes guest contributor Brian Robinson. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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