The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) awarded additional cultivator licenses on Thursday to Pure by Sirmon Farms and Blackberry Farms.
The Commission also voted to deny licenses to two other cultivator applicants and one secure transporter applicant.
The investigative hearing process is complete for the cultivator and secure transporter license categories, but proceedings are still underway for the processor license category. The Commission has requested that the Montgomery Circuit Court dissolve or modify the existing temporary restraining orders that have prevented investigative hearings from moving forward in the dispensary and integrated facility license categories.
“Upon submission of license fees and completion of pre-issuance site inspections, Pure by Sirmon Farms and Blackberry Farms will have the opportunity to join our other cultivator licensees in producing medical cannabis for Alabama patients,” AMCC chairman Rex Vaughn said. “The Commission, in carrying out the administrative process as provided by the legislature and through its actions today, has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that all parties have a fair opportunity to participate in Alabama’s medical cannabis industry.”
The Alabama Legislature passed a law legalizing medical cannabis in 2021, but the program hasn’t filled a prescription yet due to ongoing litigation against the state by applicants who either weren’t awarded licenses or were awarded licenses that the Commission then took away.
“Despite some applicants’ efforts to stifle the process, we will continue our commitment to provide impartial hearings in each license category and deliver medical cannabis to patients who have waited far too long for access,” Vaughn said.
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