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Updated: 3:04 PM CDT May 17, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Monday signed a medical marijuana bill into law, making it legal for registered patients with qualifying conditions to safely access and use medical cannabis. Alabama is the 37th state in the U.S. to legalize medical marijuana.More than a dozen conditions, including cancer, a terminal illness, depression, epilepsy, panic disorder and chronic pain would allow a person to qualify.Ivey released th...

Updated: 10:04 PM CDT May 7, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital The Alabama Legislature on Thursday approved medical marijuana legislation after years of resistance.The House vote to pass the bill came after two days of emotional debates in which key Republican lawmakers described switching sides in favor of the proposal. The Alabama Senate later voted to accept House changes and sent the legislation to Gov. Kay Ivey for her consideration. The bill, which was renamed the “Darren Wesl...

Alabama district attorneys make bad faith argument on medical marijuana Updated May 03, 2021; This is an opinion column. The Compassion Act (SB 46) is one vote away from passage in the Alabama legislature. Introduced by Sen. Tim Melson (R-Florence), a physician and medical researcher by trade, the bill would legalize the heavily regulated use of medical cannabis for specific conditions. Last week, a group of district attorneys (not the Alabama District Attorneys Association, to be clear) from ...

Last week, an Alabama Senate Committee voted to pass an amendment to an existing bill that would add cannabis products Delta 8 and Delta 10 to the state’s controlled substance list. Cannabis activists are speaking out, especially as the state is working to legalize medical marijuana currently, and these two pieces of legislation seem at total odds with each other. If Passed, Some Hemp Products Will Become Illegal in Alabama. After becoming federally legal in 2019, hemp production became a leg...

Medical marijuana bill passes in Alabama House It will now be sent to a health committee. Posted: Apr 7, 2021 4:01 PM Updated: Apr 7, 2021 4:26 PM Posted By: Ashley Thusius A medical marijuana bill passed in the Alabama House Wednesday afternoon. The bill, which is sponsored by Sen. Tim Melson of Florence, will now be sent to a health committee. Seventeen amendments were brought up Wednesday. Ten passed, two were withdrawn, two were tabled or carried over and three were denied. A notable a...

Speaker McCutcheon says House will take its time with medical marijuana bill Updated Feb 26, 2021; Posted Feb 25, 2021 Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon speaks to reporters on Feb. 25, 2021 about the outlook for the medical marijuana bill in the House. Facebook Share A bill to legalize and regulate medical marijuana in Alabama is now in the hands of the House of Representatives, where it will go through an extra step before coming up for a vote. House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said today the...

Medical marijuana bill passes in senate committee Updated Feb 03, 2021; Posted Feb 03, 2021 Alabamas Senate Bill 46 would allow use of processed medical marijuana products for those approved for a medical cannabis card.AP file photo Facebook Share A proposal to allow medical marijuana in Alabama was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning. Senate Bill 46, called the Compassion Act, was proposed by Republican State Sen. Tim Melson of Florence. It passed by a vote of 8-3...

Medical marijuana bill approved in Alabama Senate committee In this June 17, 2015, photo, medical marijuana plants grow at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) That approval sends the bill to the Senate floor for vote Posted: Feb 3, 2021 11:47 AM Updated: Feb 3, 2021 2:31 PM Posted By: Stephen Gallien A proposal to allow medical marijuana in Alabama won quick approval from a Senate committee Wednesday. The so-called Compassion Act proposed by State Sen. Tim Melson o...

Johnson: Medical marijuana, Medicaid and more; this year, state lawmakers must do more, do better Updated Jan 31, 2021; It’s time. Long past time. Long past time for our state lawmakers to crawl out of the muck and mire of ignorance and legalize medical marijuana. Long past time to stop cowering behind because-Obama-created-it-it-stinks foolishness and expand Medicaid. Long past time to ensure anyone proven by the courts to be potentially harmful to themselves or someone in their household ...