Today’s moderator: Tom Sabulis
A 20-year veteran of the AJC, Tom Sabulis has covered news, politics and the arts during a career that has taken him to newspapers across the country. Since 2008, he has coordinated many of the newspaper’s pro/con debates and first-person guest columns.
One of the stranger turns of the recent legislative session found lawmakers holding hostage and suddenly defeating an immensely popular "medical marijuana" bill. The bill's sponsor writes today about the positives of allowing cannabis oil to treat children with seizures, and hopes Gov. Nathan Deal might find a way to help through executive action. In our second column, the mother of a young girl who would benefit from cannabis oil criticizes the political process she holds responsible for denying relief to her child and others.
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Today's columnists:
- Needing medical cannabis by Allen Peake
- Georgia's sick kids as political pawns by Shannon Cloud