Alabama
Alabama
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0% of Total Population Represented by Patients |
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0 Total Medical Retail Locations Currently in Operation |
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Only CBD is legal in Alabama; their CBD laws conform to USDA regulations from the 2018 Farm Bill. Patients report limited availability.
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Excerpted from ASA's 2020 State of the States Report. |
In This Section
Alabama Medical Marijuana Laws and Regulations
In 2014, the Alabama state legislature passed SB 174, a restrictive cannabidiol (CBD) law. Officially entitled "Carly's Law," it offers an affirmative defense for the possession and use of CBD. HB61 (2016) extends low-THC extract affirmative defense to patients with more qualifying conditions as well as parent caregivers.
Becoming a Patient in Alabama
To become a patient eligible for CBD under Leni’s Law, the patient must receive a diagnosis for a serious condition that is resistant to conventional medicine from, and be provided CBD by, a physician with whom they have a bona-fide physician-patient relationship and the CBD must be likely to provide the patient with therapeutic or palliative relief.
Recommending Cannabis in Alabama
Under Leni’s Law, physicians with a bona fide physician-patient relationship to the patient may recommend CBD, but a recommendation is not required. This would allow physicians who otherwise treat a patient to prescribe CBD to such patient but is designed to exclude one-off engagements for the purposes of providing CBD from protection under the law.
Becoming a Caregiver, Producer, or Provider in Alabama
Carly’s Law previously provided a protection for caretakers of patients, but this was deleted under the Leni’s Law amendments.