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After years of delays and disputes, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission voted to award licenses to four dispensary applicants, which are each allowed to operate three locations.
An administrative law judge presided over a hearing that was requested by competing companies, which resulted in a list of applicants that were deemed most suitable for licenses, according to AL.com:
Chairman of the commission Rex Vaughn said that dispensaries could be open as early as spring 2026, and the dispensary companies are all required to pay a $40,000 license fee.
Yellowhammer’s license was placed on a stay until Jan. 26, when the commission plans to meet again to reconsider the stay and address a possible challenge by another company, Capitol Medical LLC.
The locations for the 12 dispensaries are as follows:
The map below sorts the dispensary locations into the companies they are under by color. Please note that the locations serve as a visual representation of which cities the dispensaries will be in, not an exact location.
Based on current plans, the dispensaries will be relatively spread out throughout the state, but there will not be a location between Mobile and Montgomery.
Some larger cities won’t have a location, including Auburn, Tuscaloosa, Enterprise and Florence. Huntsville proper will not have a location, but there are two in its metro area.
The locations will also only be in cities that have passed local laws for cannabis dispensaries.
There are many conditions that qualify for medical cannabis treatment, according to the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission’s website:
Doctors can start submitting certification applications starting Jan. 8 — but only if dispensary licenses have been officially issued at that point, AL.com reported. Doctors must complete a course before they are allowed to recommend medical cannabis products to patients.
Allowed products include:
Dispensaries cannot sell raw plant material, products that can be smoked or vaped, or food products like cookies or candy.
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