Alabama Grants Medical Cannabis Licenses to Multiple Applicants Following Evaluations

The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) has selected and granted medical cannabis business licenses to multiple applicants after a voting process on Thursday.

The AMCC collaborated with the University of South Alabama (USA) to manage the application review and evaluator recruitment for all 90 applicants, reports Advance Local Alabama. Utilizing 66 experienced evaluators with relevant expertise, USA assessed eight scoring categories: Financial Ability, Business/Management Approach, Operations Plans & Procedures, Facility Suitability & Infrastructure, Security Plan, Personnel, Quality Control & Testing, and Marketing & Advertising.

After being informed by the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission about score calculation discrepancies, the University of South Alabama initiated evaluations led by two senior-level internal accountants who were not part of the initial tabulation process.

Post-award licensing procedures will be reset in terms of timelines. Successful license awardees must submit the necessary license fee within 14 days, while unsuccessful applicants can request an investigative hearing before the Commission for reconsideration.

Per regulations set by the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, physicians are permitted to begin certifying patients for medical cannabis once business licenses are distributed. Patients need a qualifying condition and a recommendation from a certified physician to be eligible for medical cannabis.

Although the Commission is constrained by statutory limitations on the number of licenses, it plans to launch a second round of license offerings for various categories.

The applicants that were approved for license include:

Integrated Facility License

• Insa Alabama, LLC
• Flowerwood Medical Cannabis, LLC
• Southeast Cannabis Company, LLC
• Sustainable Alabama, LLC
• TheraTrue Alabama, LLC

Cultivator License

• Gulf Shore Remedies, LLC
• Pure by Sirmon Farms, LLC
• Blackberry Farms, LLC
• Twisted Herb Cultivation, LLC
• I AM FARMS
• Greenway Botanicals, LLC
• CRC of Alabama, LLC

Processor License

• Enchanted Green, LLC
• 1819 Labs, LLC
• Organic Harvest Lab, LLC
• Jasper Development Group Inc.

Dispensary License

• Yellowhammer Medical Dispensaries, LLC
• CCS of Alabama, LLC
• RJK Holdings AL, LLC
• Statewide Property Holdings AL, LLC

Secure Transport License

• Tyler Van Lines, LLC
• International Communication, LLC
• XLCR, Inc.

State Testing Laboratory License

• Certus Laboratories