The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission awarded licenses Monday to 21 companies that will be part of the state’s new medical marijuana industry as cultivators, processors, transporters, dispensaries, and a testing lab.
The AMCC chose the licensees from 90 companies that applied.
The AMCC met Monday morning in Montgomery and voted to go into a closed session to discuss the selections. The AMCC returned for an open meeting shortly after 1 p.m. The licensee names were read by category, and the AMCC voted to approve the selections. The meeting room was filled with license applicants, lobbyists, media, and others.
The companies chosen have 14 days to pay their licensing fee. The AMCC plans to issue licenses on July 10.
“I think we had a fantastic process,” AMCC Director John McMillan said. “I just don’t know how it could have been any better. It worked out as well as we had hoped, or maybe even better.
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