Medical marijuana oil study underway at Georgia Regents

ATLANTA (AP) A Georgia Regents University scientist says a clinical study he's launched on medical marijuana oil covers only a small number of children with severe seizures that are resistant to medication.

Dr. Michael Diamond of GRU in Augusta said Wednesday that the study will make a marijuana extract available to some people in Atlanta and several other locations around the state.

The study, scheduled to last at least five years, is just getting started. But Diamond says the study will not examine whether medical marijuana oil could help people with the other eight medical disorders outlined in a state House bill that's scheduled for discussion Thursday.

Two newly-crafted bills are expected to be debated Thursday in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.