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Gov Kay Ivey Signs Medical Marijuana Bill
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Governor Kay Ivey Approves Alabama Medical Cannabis Bill
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (May 10, 2021) – Last week, the Alabama Senate gave final approval to a bill to create a limited medical marijuana program in the state, despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition.
Sen. Tim Melson (R-Florence) introduced Senate Bill 46 (SB46) on Feb. 2. The proposed law would legalize a limited medical marijuana program for patients 19 and older with qualifying conditions. The bill would create a licensing program for medical marijuana patients and caregivers.
SB46 would also create a Medical Cannabis Commission to administer the program. This body would establish and run the registry program, and create a licensing framework for the cultivation, processing, transportation, manufacturing, packaging, dispensing and sale of cannabis. The commission would also be empowered to adopt rules, and to generally regulate, administer and enforce a medical cannabis program in the state.
Alabama district attorneys make bad faith argument on medical marijuana
Updated May 03, 2021;
This is an opinion column.
The Compassion Act (SB 46) is one vote away from passage in the Alabama legislature. Introduced by Sen. Tim Melson (R-Florence), a physician and medical researcher by trade, the bill would legalize the heavily regulated use of medical cannabis for specific conditions.
Last week, a group of district attorneys (not the Alabama District Attorneys Association, to be clear) from around the state wrote a letter to members of the House urging them to vote no on the bill.
I was profoundly disappointed when I read the letter. Not because some are opposed to any legalization of a substance we’ve only known in the context of illegal, recreational use. People can disagree in good faith about the calculus of risk versus reward on issues like these. What shocked me was that a group of prosecutors people we depend on to operate with the utmost integrity would publicly mis
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The Decatur Daily on Gov. Kay Ivey extending the mask mandate:
Gov. Kay Ivey did the right thing in extending the state’s mandatory mask order for another five weeks. It could not have been an easy decision.
Some, including the lieutenant governor, have been against the order from the outset, and the pressure on Ivey to let the order expire this past Friday was considerable.
“I urge Gov. Kay Ivey to immediately lift the statewide mask mandate and allow citizens and local officials the liberty to make the decisions that best fit their circumstances,” Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth said in the statement last week. “Since its implementation last July, I have held the position that a statewide mask mandate is an overstep that infringes upon the property rights of business owners and the ability of individuals to make their own health decisions.”
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