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Marijuana would remain illegal in Alabama despite federal change: ‘Even more confusion’

If the federal government moves forward with a plan to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, some worry that it will cause further confusion about what’s legal and not legal in states like Alabama. While nearly half of states…

Alabama’s botched rollout of medical marijuana hampers jobs, research

January 26, 2024
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As Alabama continues to delay the rollout of a medical marijuana program, jobs in the field remain limited, as does research for future medicine. “Alabama came a little bit late to the game,” said Desmond Mortley, the professor who leads…

Parole denied for 68-year-old in Alabama: ‘A life sentence for growing marijuana’

January 17, 2024
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Leon Hotchkiss, now 68, remains behind bars in Alabama, spending decades imprisoned for growing pot. Authorities seized about five and half pounds of the plant on his property in Baldwin County, allowing authorities to charge him under the state’s marijuana…

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission aims to award medical marijuana licenses by the end of 2023

October 16, 2023
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The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is aiming to award licenses to growers and distributors by the end of the year after a bumpy roll out of the state’s medical marijuana program that has included multiple lawsuits over the selection process.…

Alabama judge rules Cannabis Commission has authority to void license awards

October 12, 2023
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A Montgomery Circuit Court judge ruled Wednesday that the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission has the authority to void licenses it has awarded. Judge James Anderson found that the AMCC has the inherent power to void previously awarded licenses to fulfill…

Who will dispense medical marijuana in Alabama and what will they need to know?

September 23, 2022
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The qualifications of the dispensers who will manage the sales of medical marijuana products in Alabama are still to be determined for the state’s new industry. In some states, pharmacists dispense medical cannabis products. It’s unclear whether that will be…

Companies begin requesting applications for medical marijuana licenses in Alabama

September 12, 2022
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One week into the opening of applications into the cannabis industry, there are already many more suitors then there are licenses to give. John McMillan, head of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, said there have already been around 200 total…

Medical marijuana products expected to be available in Alabama by next spring at earliest

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…

How marijuana laws have progressed across the South so far this year

May 3, 2022
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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…

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission opts against extending deadline

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…

Alabama medical marijuana bill requiring negative pregnancy test ‘clearly unconstitutional,’ opponents say

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…

Supporters face uphill battle to decriminalize marijuana in Alabama

February 21, 2022
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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…

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission: No marijuana licenses before 2022

October 19, 2021
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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…

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission wants plants in ground next year

September 13, 2021
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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…

Marijuana advocates celebrate after Ivey signs medical marijuana legislation in Alabama

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…