The granddaughter of a deceased applicant named on an Alabama medical marijuana license form defended her family and its joint venture with multistate operator Curaleaf Holdings.
Mertha Carter, the former president of Carter’s Contracting Services, is listed as a 51% owner of 3 Notch Roots, a joint venture with Curaleaf, in the company’s minority application for an integrated facility license.
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Carter died in March, before the application deadline, according to the Alabama Political Reporter news website.
Still, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) ranked the application eighth out of 38.
In a statement supplied by Curaleaf Holdings, Hannah Carter, the granddaughter of Mertha Carter, said the application was compliant with state regulations.
“My family is Indigenous to this region and we have deep roots in agriculture, which made us an ideal partner for the team at Curaleaf as they sought to ensure a local approach to
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