Just four days after the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission awarded the first licenses for the production and sale of medical marijuana, everything is on hold.
The announcement came Friday afternoon in an emergency meeting held virtually.
The commission voted to stay all proceedings related to the current offering of medical cannabis business licenses, due to AMCC’s discovery of potential inconsistencies in the scoring data.
It was announced the commission will seek an independent review of all scoring data.
“The Commission will work expeditiously to investigate and identify inconsistencies in the score data,” said AMCC Director John McMillan.
McMillan said out of an abundance of caution, the current procedural timelines will be suspended until those matters are resolved.
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The stay issued by the Commission impacts the following procedural requirements of the program:
- Applicants who were awarded a license on June 12, 2023, are not required to pay the license fee by June 26, 2023.
- Applicants who were denied award of license on June 12, 2023, are not required to submit a request for investigative hearing by June 26, 2023.
- Licenses that were awarded on June 12, 2023, will not issue on July 10, 2023.
The stay will remain in effected until lifted by the Commission. After the stay is lifted, the award of licenses will be reconsidered and a timeline for the payment of licenses fees will be provided, along with the request for investigative hearings and issuances of licenses.
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