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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 this statement after signing Senate Bill 46:“Signing SB 46 is an important first step. I would like ...

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 Wesley ‘Ato’ Hall Compassion Act,” would allow people with a qualifying medical condition to purch...

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 around the state wrote a letter to members of the House urging them to vote no on the bill. I was pr...

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 legitimate agricultural business in Alabama. Hemp has been grown and used in a variety of ways for more...

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 amendment requested all gummies to be not sugar coated and unflavored. This amendment was carried ove...