Alabama

Potential Federal Reclassification of Marijuana Sparks Concerns Over Legal Confusion in Alabama. 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 Senate Committee Frustrated Over Legal Woes of Medical Cannabis Commission. The head of the Senate’s General Fund budget committee last week vented frustration at the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission’s legal woes. Speaking at Thursday’s Contract Review Committee meeting, Sen. Greg

A new bill from Senator Tim Melson could fix the troubled medical marijuana licensing by doing the most basic thing: following the law. Sen. Tim Melson finally said out loud what everyone should know by now. “(The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission’s licensing process) is just a mess,” Melson said

Analysts and companies say they are expecting 2025 to be a boom year if Florida and Pennsylvania can legalize recreational marijuana. A new bill that would significantly increase the number of licenses Alabama could award to companies to grow and sell medical marijuana was met with considerable

Legislative Fix in the Works to Address Alabama's Medical Marijuana Licensing Issues. A Legislation would expand the number of integrated licenses from five to as many as 15, ending many of the lawsuits currently facing the AMCC. legislative fix could be on the way for Alabama’s medical marijuana

Production could take months after outstanding litigation over the licensing process is resolved. Antoine Mordican has a medical cannabis cultivation license. And he is building out a facility to begin growing the product. Under state law, he has to demonstrate he can maintain cultivation facilities

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Faces Depositions Over License Decisions. Lawyers for companies denied medical cannabis business licenses are preparing to question members of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission over how they decided to award licenses. This comes after Montgomery County

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Members Ordered to Testify on Licensing Process. A Montgomery County Circuit Judge Wednesday ordered five Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) members and director John McMillan to provide testimony on the licensing process. Judge James Anderson also granted

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 to launch sales by the end of last year. And the

A company awarded an integrated license has asked the Alabama Supreme Court to toss out a restraining order. The fight over Alabama medical cannabis licenses is headed to the state’s supreme court. Trulieve AL, Inc., on Wednesday, filed notice of an appeal with the Alabama Supreme Court, stating its

Recent court filings in the ongoing lawsuits over Alabama’s medical cannabis licensing hint at a conspiracy. wo medical cannabis companies that have filed suit against the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission appear to believe that the AMCC commissioners and/or staff conspired with one or more

Alabama Faces Temporary Halt on Issuing Medical Marijuana Licenses Amid Legal Battle. A judge has temporarily blocked Alabama from issuing licenses to medical marijuana facilities amid an ongoing legal battle over how the state selected the winning companies. Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson