Fine Fettle is one of just three licensed medical cannabis operators in the state. Two bills stalled in the 2025 legislative session that would have renamed low THC oil to medical cannabis and expanded the list of qualifying conditions for a medical cannabis registration card.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – On Friday, Judson Hill, the Georgia Market President of Fine Fettle, called on state legislators to expand medical cannabis access to those in need.

Fine Fettle is one of just three licensed medical cannabis operators in the state. House Bill 227 stalled in the 2025 legislative session. The bill would have renamed low THC oil to medical cannabis and expanded the list of qualifying conditions for a medical cannabis registration card. Hill says misconceptions about the products and their relation to recreational marijuana have led to the state falling behind in progress.

“When you go into convenience stores, smoke shops and there’s all these hemp products, that’s something totally different from our product,” Hill said. 

Hill began using medical cannabis to self-medicate after being t-boned by a tractor-trailer when he was 20. Now an operator, he says Fine Fettle grows the cannabis flower inside its facilities and processes it into oil. From there, Hill says the oil is converted into medical products such as topicals, tinctures and capsules.

Fine Fettle led patients, physicians, and state representatives on a tour of its Macon facility. District 143 Rep. Anissa Jones is also a board-certified chiropractor and says she supported renaming low THC oil to medical cannabis.

“We’ve already been using a lot of products that have hemp in it,” Jones said. “So, I was offering that to my patients already.”

Jones says touring the facility provided more insight to take back to the capital and her office, as she believes more health conditions should warrant access to medical cannabis registration cards.

“Everybody wants to say everything is always in Atlanta, but just to know that we have this new jewel here in Macon to provide this service to our constituents and all over Georgia is amazing to me,” Jones said. 

Hill says the medical-only program works with hospitals and doctors to treat patients with cancer, veterans with PTSD and more. He says he’ll be back at the capital in 2026 lobbying to expand medical cannabis treatment across the state.

“We’re really hoping to educate the legislators so that they can get more familiar with what’s happening in Georgia and what the patient’s needs are to kind of dispel some of that stigma around cannabis,” Hill said.