Legal Related Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Says No Marijuana Licenses Until This Date by Sophia Vida October 18, 2021 The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission has announced that there will not be marijuana licenses issued until next year. According to a commission official, the agency has so much to still do before people can apply for medical ...
Legal Related Medical Marijuana Bill in Alabama Clears First Hurdle by Sophia Vida February 21, 2020 Alabama's legislature passed a bill this week that would legalize and regulate medical marijuana from seed to sale in the state. The Senate Judiciary Committee had an overwhelming vote of 8-1, with one abstention, in favor of t...
Legal Related Alabama’s Attorney General Does Not Want State to Legalize Marijuana by Sophia Vida January 10, 2020 Steve Marshall, Alabama's Attorney General, is against marijuana legislation and he's making it loud and clear. Marshall wrote a letter to state lawmakers this week saying that he opposes legislation for medical marijuana. ...
Legal Related Legalizing Medical Marijuana in Alabama Gets Consideration by Sophia Vida August 14, 2019 While a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state of Alabama has hit a halt, a panel to study the issue has been created. The Medical Cannabis Study Commission met for the first time this week and the panel heard a presen...
Legal Related Alabama House Speaker Says Medical Marijuana Needs More Study by Sophia Vida May 29, 2019 According to Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, medical marijuana needs more study. McCutcheon has said that he expects lawmakers to appoint a committee to do that, rather than pass Melson’s bill in the form th...
Legal Related Alabama Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill by Sophia Vida May 10, 2019 It's happened. Alabama's Senate has approved a bill that will legalize medical marijuana in the state. In a vote of 17-6, the Senate has cleared the legislation that will allow patients who are 19 years and older to obtain a me...
Legal Related Alabama’s Senate Debates Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 09, 2019 It was this week that the Alabama state Senate began to debate on medical marijuana but had adjourned before taking a vote on a bill authorizing it in the state. Sen. Tim Melson, R of Florence, is the one who sponsored the bill...
Legal Related Lawmakers in Alabama Approve Medical Marijuana Bill by Sophia Vida April 25, 2019 This week the Senate Judiciary committee in Alabama has approved a bill that will legalize medical marijuana. The bill will allow patients 19 and older who are suffering from one of 33 conditions to qualify for medical marijuan...