The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) convened Wednesday to discuss ongoing legal challenges and administrative updates in the state's medical cannabis program.
The procedural meeting, which included updates on ongoing litigation that has largely halted the process, was held to update regulatory rules to conform with HB 390, sponsored by Rep. Danny Crawford, R-Athens, which shifted licensing powers for cultivators from the Department of Agriculture and Industries to the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission.
"We're pretty much handling some housekeeping measures addressing things for the Alabama Department of Ag and Industries, [who] had asked to withdraw from some of their responsibilities and put that back on the commission," said Rex Vaughn, chair of the AMCC.
The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries commissioner, Rick Pate, was named as a defendant in an amended lawsuit filed in March. The plaintiffs — medical cannabis companies denied a license — allege that Pate "unlawfully abdicated his statutory duty to exercise decision-making authority over the cultivation aspects of integrated facility applicants."
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