An Alabama judge this week halted the state’s latest efforts to issue medical cannabis licenses.
After issuing a temporary restraining order blocking the issuance of dispensary-only permits in late December, Montgomery County Circuit Judge James Anderson on Wednesday also stopped regulators from handing out so-called “integrated” licenses ahead of an anticipated Jan. 9 award date, AL.com reported.
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And there’s a “serious question” whether the state might need to abandon the current licensing round and start over for a fourth time, the judge wrote in his ruling.
Alabama legalized medical marijuana through its Legislature in 2021, but there’s still no legal access.
Regulators have promised that the first legal sales will begin sometime this year, but a lengthy courtroom drama over the limited
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