Medical Cannabis License
Applicants for all-inclusive medical cannabis facilities make case to state commission
Companies seeking to build all-inclusive medical cannabis facilities began making their cases to the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Tuesday. Presentations will run from Tuesday until Friday, and the commission will award the licenses next week. Applicants seeking integrated facility licenses, which would grow, process and distribute medical cannabis, were allotted up to 45 minutes to […]
Cannabis firm denied license takes case to Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
A cannabis firm denied an Alabama medical marijuana license asked the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals last week to prevent a state commission from using prior results to award licenses. Specialty Medical Products, a Wetumpka-based medical cannabis firm that was denied a license for an integrated facility, alleged in a motion filed on Oct. 27 […]
Alabama medical cannabis licensing process reset: All 90 applicants back in the running
All 90 applicants for commercial medical cannabis licenses are back in the running after the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) Thursday reset the license process. The AMCC rescinded all awarded licenses and denials from an Aug. 10 meeting, setting the stage for a third round of license grants under rules adopted at a commission meeting […]
Montgomery judge to amend restraining order, paving way for some medical cannabis licensing
A Montgomery judge Wednesday agreed to amend a temporary restraining order on the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC), potentially opening the door to limited licensing in the near future. Montgomery Circuit Court Judge James Anderson decided to make the change after AMCC, which is fighting numerous lawsuits over the process, asked him to lift the […]
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission overhauls licensing process amid legal disputes
The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) adopted new application and licensing rules Thursday after months of legal disputes and amid stalled settlement negotiations over the commission’s evaluation process. The rules adopted by the commission will allow the commission to keep scores it gave to prior applications but give applications the chance to outline deficiencies. Applicants […]
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission asks court to dismiss Verano lawsuit
Verano alleged the AMCC cannot revoke licenses and that its exercise of power exceeds the authority provided to it by the Alabama Legislature. (Getty)
As Alabama medical cannabis negotiations stall, cannabis firm files new lawsuit
A medical cannabis company embroiled in litigation with the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Friday filed a new motion for a preliminary injunction and a temporary restraining order, ahead of an AMCC meeting on Thursday. Alabama Always, which sued the commission in June and August over alleged procedural inconsistencies and in July over the appointment of […]
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, companies still negotiating license terms
The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) and lawyers for companies that sued over the licensing process are continuing negotiations over a possible settlement. The AMCC canceled a scheduled Tuesday meeting after lawyers for both sides met on Friday to discuss the impasse that has prevented the commission from issuing licenses to companies awarded one. Alabama […]
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission to start negotiations with legal challengers
The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) will meet with prospective producers and distributors next week to attempt to resolve litigation over the state’s licensing process. A Montgomery County Circuit Judge Wednesday extended a temporary restraining order to allow the negotiations to go forward. The AMCC faces several lawsuits over the licensing process. The lawsuits allege […]
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission expects 3rd round of licensing
The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) Thursday formally voted to delay granting licenses to growth, manufacture and production of medical cannabis. AMCC Chair Rex Vaughn said the new stay, coming after a Montgomery judge extended a temporary restraining order on the process, will open the door to a third round of license awards. “We’ve put […]
Judge extends restraining order in Alabama medical cannabis licensing dispute
A Montgomery County circuit judge Monday extended a temporary restraining order preventing the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) from starting the cannabis licensing process. The temporary restraining order will still allow the commission to meet on Thursday as previously scheduled, at which time the AMCC is expected to issue their own administrative stay on the […]
Montgomery judge won’t postpone hearing on AMCC’s alleged open meeting violations
A Montgomery County Circuit Judge Thursday dismissed a motion from the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) to lift a temporary restraining order and postpone next week’s preliminary hearing on AMCC’s alleged Open Meetings Act violations. Judge James Anderson did not provide reasons for dismissing the motion but said to the defendant and plaintiffs that if […]