Medical marijuana products expected to be available in Alabama by next spring at earliest June 10, 2022 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments Companies that want to grow, process, transport, test, and sell medical marijuana products as part of what will be a new seed-to-sale industry in Alabama can begin submitting applications for licenses in the fall if the current timeline holds. The… Read More→
How marijuana laws have progressed across the South so far this year May 3, 2022 AggregatedNews Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee 0 Comments As a region, the South has been comparably slow to embrace marijuana reform until recently. In the last year, Mississippi and Alabama lawmakers legalized the use of marijuana for qualified medical conditions. Louisiana has taken several steps to expand its… Read More→
Democrats start ‘Free Weed’ site for marijuana legalization April 24, 2022 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Democratic Party has launched a “Free Weed” website to support its effort to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state. The site, www.FreeWeedAL.com, argues that prosecutions for small amounts of cannabis are… Read More→
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission opts against extending deadline April 22, 2022 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is still on track to have products available by Sept. 1, despite Commissioner John McMillan suggesting earlier this year that they might ask the Legislature to extend the deadline. “We’re well along with coming up… Read More→
Alabama medical marijuana bill requiring negative pregnancy test ‘clearly unconstitutional,’ opponents say April 1, 2022 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments An Alabama bill that would require all women between the ages of 13 and 50 to show a negative pregnancy test before being able to buy medical marijuana is “unprecedented” and “clearly unconstitutional,” advocates say. The bill, introduced by practicing OB/GYN and state… Read More→
Supporters face uphill battle to decriminalize marijuana in Alabama February 21, 2022 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments Supporters are continuing to push for Alabama to join states that have decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, but the state senator behind the bill acknowledged the measure has a bleak outlook in an election-year session. The Senate Judiciary… Read More→
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission: No marijuana licenses before 2022 October 19, 2021 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments An Alabama regulatory commission has plenty to do before people can apply for medical cannabis licenses, so it won’t push for a date that might allow sales next year, a commission official said. The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission had said earlier that it might… Read More→
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission wants plants in ground next year September 13, 2021 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission will ask state lawmakers to revise the law passed earlier this year in an effort to get plants in the ground sooner so that products could be available next year. The bill the Legislature passed in… Read More→
Marijuana advocates celebrate after Ivey signs medical marijuana legislation in Alabama May 22, 2021 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments Alabama became the latest state to create a medical marijuana program when Governor Kay Ivey on Monday signed legislation to provide for state-licensed dispensaries to sell Alabama-grown and processed marijuana to Alabama citizens with a state medical marijuana card. Marijuana… Read More→
Gov. Kay Ivey signs Alabama’s medical marijuana bill May 18, 2021 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law a bill that will allow Alabamians to use medical marijuana products for more than a dozen conditions and symptoms such as chronic pain, depression, seizures, muscle spasticity, and terminal illnesses. The bill, Senate… Read More→
Alabama governor could send medical marijuana bill back to the Legislature today May 17, 2021 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments Monday is the last day of the 2021 Legislative Session. On the previous legislative day, the Alabama House of Representatives passed medical marijuana legislation. The Senate concurred with House changes and sent the bill, SB46, to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk… Read More→
What’s in Alabama’s medical marijuana bill? May 12, 2021 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments A bill to allow people with chronic pain and more than a dozen other conditions to seek relief with medical marijuana products is a step away from becoming law in Alabama. The Legislature passed the bill by a two-to-one margin, with support… Read More→
America’s most conservative states are embracing medical pot May 9, 2021 AggregatedNews Alabama, Kansas, North Carolina 0 Comments Many of the nation’s medical marijuana holdouts are giving in as pot activists make inroads this year with conservative strongholds — and are poised to notch more wins in the coming weeks. Medical marijuana bills are advancing in the Republican-controlled… Read More→
Alabama medical marijuana bill headed to Gov. Kay Ivey after historic House vote May 7, 2021 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments The Alabama Legislature Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would create a statewide medical marijuana program, following two historic votes and a House debate spanning more than two days. The House of Representatives voted 68 to 34 to approve… Read More→
Medical marijuana bill filibustered for nine hours Tuesday in Alabama May 5, 2021 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday debated legislation to make medical marijuana legally available in the state of Alabama for the first time in a century. The legislation was filibustered for more than nine hours by a group of… Read More→