Hearings to help determine what companies can dispense medical marijuana in Alabama will be a step forward for the state's long-delayed program, a lawyer involved in the process said Wednesday.
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission General Counsel Justin Aday said legal challenges remain but that the AMCC could resolve a key issue by finally issuing licenses to dispensaries. The AMCC is preparing to have an administrative law judge hold investigative hearings for the companies competing for the limited number of dispensary licenses.
"I guess after being stalled for two years now, it may be difficult to describe it as anything but a breakthrough," Aday said.
The Legislature authorized medical marijuana four years ago and created the AMCC to license growers, processors, transporters, and dispensaries, as well as integrated companies that will do it all.
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