A court hearing over medical cannabis licensing originally scheduled for Monday has been pushed back about a month.
The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals will hear arguments on February 11 at 10 a.m. over Montgomery Circuit Court Judge James Anderson's temporary restraining order against the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC), according to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals Clerk's office. The hearing was initially scheduled for January 13.
The Clerk of Courts office did not provide a reason for the delay.
The Alabama Legislature approved a state medical cannabis program in 2021, allowing individuals with 15 qualifying medical conditions—such as cancer, depression, Parkinson's disease, PTSD, sickle-cell anemia, chronic pain, and terminal illnesses—to apply for medical cannabis.
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