Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 20-2-22 (2026)
Schedule I - Standards for Compilation.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The State Board of Health shall place a substance in Schedule I if it finds that the substance:
(1) Has high potential for abuse; and
(2) Has no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or lacks accepted safety for use in treatment under medical supervision.
(Acts 1971, No. 1407, p. 2378, §203.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2000–2012 · leading case: Hammock Ex Rel. Hammock v. Keys, 93 F. Supp. 2d 1222 (S.D. Ala. 2000).
Hammock Ex Rel. Hammock v. Keys, 93 F. Supp. 2d 1222 (S.D. Ala. 2000). “9) These regulations also reference Ala.Code § 20-2-22, which defines marijuana as "[a]ll parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L.”
Hitchcock v. State, 106 So. 3d 896 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). “” See Ala.Code 1975, § 20-2-22. Hitchcock argues that marijuana no longer meets the criteria for inclusion under Schedule I because, he asserts, marijuana has medicinal value.”
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