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Why an Alabama medical marijuana law won't mean recreational pot is coming to state

Why an Alabama medical marijuana law won’t mean recreational pot is coming to state
AL.com
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Joe Godfrey, executive director with the Alabama Citizens Action Program, speaks before the Alabama House State Government Committee on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.
Alabama lawmakers spent a total of 12 hours over two days debating medical marijuana before casting a historic vote Thursday allowing the stigmatized plant to be used for roughly a dozen conditions including cancer and depression.
Alabama is poised to join 36 other states in allowing medical marijuana.
The next step, opponents of legislation fear, is that recreational use isn’t far off. ....

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Transgender rights, gambling, marijuana: Alabama Republican lawmakers engage in new 'culture wars'

Transgender rights, gambling, marijuana: Alabama Republican lawmakers engage in new ‘culture wars’
AL.com
2 hrs ago
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Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl talks with other Republicans after being the party s winter meeting on Saturday in Montgomery.
Alabama is a ruby red state in the Bible Belt with a reputation for temperance, dry counties and religious leaders worried over the effects of drunkenness.
But with little controversy, several bills loosening past restrictions on alcohol delivery advanced through the Alabama Legislature this spring.
What changed?
“I think it’s the culture,” said state Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, who sponsored a wine delivery bill that passed the Alabama House on Thursday. “I don’t think there is much of a fear in (direct shipments of alcohol).” ....

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