Delays in the rollout of medical cannabis in Alabama continue amid court battles and political fights.
One of the companies stuck in a wait-and-see mode is owned by Alabama A&M engineering school graduate Antoine Mordican Sr. Mordican is the CEO and owner of Native Black Cultivation which has operations in Bessemer.
Medical cannabis was legalized in Alabama in 2021, but nearly four years later, patients still cannot get access. The regulatory board overseeing the rollout, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, has been plagued by early missteps, three rounds of license issuances, and multiple lawsuits stemming from those problems. Mordican tells News 19 he began working as an engineer after college, but saw the opportunity to build a hemp business and later a cannabis business in Alabama.
His company was awarded a cultivator license during the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission's third round of licenses in October 2023, under an emergency rule provision. That provision is now the subject of a Montgomery County Circuit Court ruling that may further
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