Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 20-2A-50 (2026)
Licensing and Regulation of Medical Cannabis.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) The state hereby preemptively regulates medical cannabis from seed-to-sale and shall reasonably regulate and control all aspects of the medical cannabis industry to meet the intent of this chapter. All functions and activities relating to the production of medical cannabis in the state shall be licensed, and licenses shall be granted to integrated facilities, as well as to independent entities in the following categories: Cultivator, processor, dispensary, secure transporter, and testing laboratory.
(b) The commission shall license, regulate, and enforce all aspects of medical cannabis under this article. The commission may seek and shall receive the cooperation of the Department of Agriculture and Industries in the regulation and enforcement of this article. The department may recover from the commission the department’s costs of cooperation.
(Act 2021-450, §1; Act 2024-342, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 2024–2026 · leading case: Verano Alabama, LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-901165). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024).
Verano Alabama, LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-901165). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024). “See Ala. Code 1975, §§ 20-2A-50 & 20- 2A-67(b).”
Ex parte Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n (In re: Alabama Always, LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n)(Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-231). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024). “Code 1975, § 20-2A-20, § 20-2A-22(b), and § 20-2A-50. In 2022, the AMCC made an "initial offering" of the various medical-cannabis licenses authorized by the Act, see § 20-2A-50(a) (providing, in pertinent part, that "licenses shall be granted to integrated facilities, as well…”
Ex parte Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In re: Jemmstone Alabama, LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n) (Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-901800). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024). “2 CL-2024-0463 Ala. Code 1975, § 20-2A-50 et seq. The decision to grant or to deny an application for an integrated-facility license is made by a majority vote of the members of the AMCC present and voting at a meeting.”
Ex parte Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In re: Jemmstone Alabama, LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n) (Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-901800). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024). “2 CL-2024-0463 Ala. Code 1975, § 20-2A-50 et seq. The decision to grant or to deny an application for an integrated-facility license is made by a majority vote of the members of the AMCC present and voting at a meeting.”
TheraTrue Alabama, LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n & Rex Vaughn, Sam Blakemore, Dwight Gamble, Dr. Jimmie Harvey, James Harwell, Taylor Hatchett, Dr. Eric Jensen, Dr. Angela Martin, Hon. Charles Price, Dr. William Saliski, Loree Skelton, Dr. Jerzy Szaflarski, Dr. H. Mac Barnes, & Dion Robinson, in their Off. capacities as members of the Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-24-58). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024). “Code 1975, § 20-2A-20, § 20-2A-22(b), and § 20-2A-50. The Act provides that "licenses shall be granted to integrated facilities, as well as to independent entities in the following categories: Cultivator, processor, dispensary, secure transporter, and testing laboratory," §…”
Se. Cannabis Co., LLC & Yellowhammer Med. Dispensaries, LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n & Rex Vaughn, Sam Blakemore, Dwight Gamble, Dr. Jimmie Harvey, James Harwell, Taylor Hatchett, Dr. Eric Jensen, Dr. Angela Martin, Hon. Charles Price, Dr. William Saliski, Loree Skelton, Dr. Jerzy Szaflarski, Dr. H. Mac Barnes, & Dion Robinson, in their Off. capacities as members of the Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-24-58). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024). “Code 1975, § 20-2A-20, § 20-2A-22(b), and § 20-2A-50. The Act provides that "licenses shall be granted to integrated facilities, as well as to independent entities in the following categories: Cultivator, processor, dispensary, secure transporter, and testing laboratory," §…”
Enchanted Green LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n (M.D. Ala. 2024). “§ 20-2A-50(a). A processor license authorizes (1) “[t]he purchase or transfer of cannabis from a cultivator”; (2) “[t]he processing of cannabis into medical cannabis which shall include properly packaging and labeling medical cannabis products, in accordance with this section”;…”
Trulieve AL, Inc. v. Jemmstone Alabama, LLC, Insa Alabama, LLC, Bragg Canna of Alabama, LLC, & Alabama Always, LLC (Ala. Civ. App. 2026). “Code 1975, § 20-2A-50 et seq. The decision to grant or to deny an application for an integrated-facility license is made by a majority vote of the members of the AMCC present and voting at a meeting.”
Rex Vaughn, Sam Blakemore, Dwight Gamble, Dr. Jimmie Harvey, James Harwell, Taylor Hatchett, Dr. Eric Jensen, Dr. Angela Martin, Hon. Charles Price, Dr. William Saliski, Loree Skelton, Dr. Jerzy Szaflarski, Dr. H. Mac Barnes, & Dion Robinson, in their Off. capacities as members of the Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n, & the Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n, a State agency v. Jemmstone Alabama, LLC, Bragg Canna of Alabama, LLC, Insa Alabama, LLC, & Alabama Always, LLC (Ala. Civ. App. 2026). “Code 1975, § 20-2A-50 et seq. The decision to grant or to deny an application for an integrated-facility license is made by a majority vote of the members of the AMCC present and voting at a meeting.”
In re: Jemmstone Alabama, LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n (Ala. Civ. App. 2026). “Code 1975, § 20-2A-50 et seq. The decision to grant or to deny an application for an integrated-facility license is made by a majority vote of the members of the AMCC present and voting at a meeting.”
Ala. Code § 20-2A-50(a): 4 cases
Enchanted Green LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n (M.D. Ala. 2024). “§ 20-2A-50(a). A processor license authorizes (1) “[t]he purchase or transfer of cannabis from a cultivator”; (2) “[t]he processing of cannabis into medical cannabis which shall include properly packaging and labeling medical cannabis products, in accordance with this section”;…”
Ex parte Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n (In re: Alabama Always, LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n)(Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-231). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024). “Code 1975, § 20-2A-20, § 20-2A-22(b), and § 20-2A-50. In 2022, the AMCC made an "initial offering" of the various medical-cannabis licenses authorized by the Act, see § 20-2A-50(a) (providing, in pertinent part, that "licenses shall be granted to integrated facilities, as well…”
TheraTrue Alabama, LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n & Rex Vaughn, Sam Blakemore, Dwight Gamble, Dr. Jimmie Harvey, James Harwell, Taylor Hatchett, Dr. Eric Jensen, Dr. Angela Martin, Hon. Charles Price, Dr. William Saliski, Loree Skelton, Dr. Jerzy Szaflarski, Dr. H. Mac Barnes, & Dion Robinson, in their Off. capacities as members of the Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-24-58). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024). “Code 1975, § 20-2A-20, § 20-2A-22(b), and § 20-2A-50. The Act provides that "licenses shall be granted to integrated facilities, as well as to independent entities in the following categories: Cultivator, processor, dispensary, secure transporter, and testing laboratory," §…”
Se. Cannabis Co., LLC & Yellowhammer Med. Dispensaries, LLC v. Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n & Rex Vaughn, Sam Blakemore, Dwight Gamble, Dr. Jimmie Harvey, James Harwell, Taylor Hatchett, Dr. Eric Jensen, Dr. Angela Martin, Hon. Charles Price, Dr. William Saliski, Loree Skelton, Dr. Jerzy Szaflarski, Dr. H. Mac Barnes, & Dion Robinson, in their Off. capacities as members of the Alabama Med. Cannabis Comm'n (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-24-58). (Ala. Civ. App. 2024). “Code 1975, § 20-2A-20, § 20-2A-22(b), and § 20-2A-50. The Act provides that "licenses shall be granted to integrated facilities, as well as to independent entities in the following categories: Cultivator, processor, dispensary, secure transporter, and testing laboratory," §…”
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