An Alabama judge appoints a mediator in a long-running medical marijuana dispute

October 23, 2024
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A judge on Tuesday appointed a mediator in the long-running dispute over who gets licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana in Alabama. Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson named retired Circuit Judge Eugene Reese to act as mediator in the…

Filing asks court to move medical cannabis process forward

September 3, 2024
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The filing asks a Montgomery court to determine if the licensing process violated state law, and if so, to create a compliant process. In a filing late last week, attorneys for Alabama Always – one of several medical cannabis companies…

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…

‘It doesn’t smell right’: Alabama’s medical marijuana debacle continues

January 19, 2024
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After awarding licenses for the third time, regulators are facing another string of lawsuits. Alabama’s medical marijuana program has been put on hold yet again by the courts — the latest in a string of delays for a program that originally hoped…

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…

Trouble brewing (again) for Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission

December 19, 2023
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The AMCC’s licensing process has been shady from the start, and now it’s allegedly attracting attention from investigators. More upheaval in Alabama’s attempt to award medical cannabis licenses is on the way. Following the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission’s licensing decisions…

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission awards five integrated facility licenses

December 14, 2023
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The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Tuesday awarded five integrated facilities licenses, wrapping up its third attempt this year to award licenses for medical cannabis production. The awards for the facilities — which can grow, process and sell medical cannabis onsite…

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…

Court to allow Cannabis Commission to create new licensure rules

October 11, 2023
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The counsel for one awardee, Verano, argued that the commission does not have the authority to “claw back” licenses it has already awarded. The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission has announced its intent to unveil a new plan for how to…

Multiple lawsuits: Did the Cannabis Commission get it wrong again?

August 15, 2023
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The commission is accused of engaging in illegal voting, holding illegal deliberations, and utilizing improper parliamentary procedures. Not surprisingly, multiple lawsuits are expected to be filed in Montgomery Circuit Court over the next few days, alleging the Alabama Medical Cannabis…

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission voids all previously awarded licenses, votes on new ones

August 11, 2023
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Alabama
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WPMI) — At the meeting of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission meeting Thursday, in front of a standing room only crowd, the licenses previously awarded on June 12 were voided. Exercising its authority and discretion in licensing, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC),…

New companies join lawsuit against Alabama’s medical cannabis commission

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - It’s back to square one for the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission. Recently awarded business licenses are being voided. Last month companies sued the commission over the application process and the commission later admitted there were mistakes in their…

Alabama medical cannabis to be rolled out by early 2024 following final steps

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama has officially awarded licenses to businesses that will pioneer the state’s medical cannabis industry, but it will still be some time before patients can get the product. Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Director John McMillan says the…

An Alabama judge appoints a mediator in a long-running medical marijuana dispute

Filing asks court to move medical cannabis process forward

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

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

‘It doesn’t smell right’: Alabama’s medical marijuana debacle continues

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

Trouble brewing (again) for Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission awards five integrated facility licenses

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

Alabama judge rules Cannabis Commission has authority to void license awards

Court to allow Cannabis Commission to create new licensure rules

Multiple lawsuits: Did the Cannabis Commission get it wrong again?

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission voids all previously awarded licenses, votes on new ones

New companies join lawsuit against Alabama’s medical cannabis commission

Alabama medical cannabis to be rolled out by early 2024 following final steps

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