An Alabama judge has appointed a mediator to try to resolve an ongoing dispute between regulators and several medical cannabis license applicants that has prevented the launch of the state’s MMJ program.
In his new role as mediator, retired Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Eugene Reese will be at the center of a long-running feud over Alabama medical cannabis licenses, the Associated Press reported.
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Reese, who retired from the bench in 2018, was appointed Tuesday by Montgomery County Circuit Judge James Anderson.
Anderson has been presiding over a messy situation in which several companies that were denied MMJ licenses sued the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) over a permitting process they claim violated state law.
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