Alabama

NO
Registered Patient Population

0%
of Total Population Represented by Patients

N/A
Average Price Per 1/8

N/A
Average Price Per Gram Cannabis Oil

0
Total Medical Retail Locations Currently in Operation

N/A
Ratio of Patients to Retail Location

Only CBD is legal in Alabama; their CBD laws conform to USDA regulations from the 2018 Farm Bill. Patients report limited availability.

Patient Rights and Civil Protection

23/100

Access to Medicine

13/100

Functionality

35/100

Consumer Safety and Provider Requirements

0/100

Dispensing	0/25
Staff Training	0/5
Standard Operating Procedures	0/5
– Facility Sanitary Conditions	0/1.25
– Storage Protocols	0/1.25
– Reasonable Security Protocols	0/1.25
– Inventory Control	0/1.25
Recall Protocol and Adverse Event Reporting	0/5
Product Labeling	0/5
– Product Contents, Including Source Material Identification	0/1.67
– Allergens	0/1.67
– Potency/Compound Identification	0/1.67
Required Testing	0/5
– Active Compound Identification	0/1.67
– Contaminants	0/1.67
– Potency	0/1.67
Grow/Cultivation	0/25
Staff Training	0/5
Standard Operating Procedures	0/5
– Facility and Equipment Sanitary Conditions	0/0.71
– Workforce Safety Protocols	0/0.71
– Storage Protocols (Short-Term and Long-Term Storage)	0/0.71
– Reasonable Security Protocols	0/0.71
– Batch and Lot Tracking	0/0.71
– Disposal/Waste	0/0.71
– Water Management	0/0.71
Pesticide Guidance	0/5
– Pesticide Guidance	0/2.5
– Pesticide Labeling	0/2.5
Required Testing	0/5
– Active Ingredient Identification	0/1.25
– Contaminants	0/1.25
– Potency	0/1.25
– Sample Retention	0/1.25
Recall Protocol and Adverse Event Reporting	0/5
Manufacturing	0/25
Staff Training	0/5
Standard Operating Procedures	0/5
– Facility and Equipment Sanitary Conditions	0/1
– Workforce Safety Protocols	0/1
– Storage Protocols	0/1
– Reasonable Security Protocols	0/1
– Batch and Lot Tracking	0/1
Product Labeling	0/5
– Product Contents, Including Source Material Identification	0/1.67
– Allergens	0/1.67
– Potency and Compound Information	0/1.67
Required Testing	0/5
– Active Ingredient Identification	0/1
– Contaminants	0/1
– Potency	0/1
– Shelf Life Testing	0/1
– Sample Retention	0/1
Recall Protocol and Adverse Event Reporting	0/5
Laboratory Operations	0/25
Staff Training	0/5
Method Validation in Accordance with AHP Guidelines	0/5
Result Reporting	0/5
Independent or Third Party	0/5
Standard Operating Procedures and Protocols	0/5
– Equipment and Instrument Calibration	0/0.83
– Sample Tracking	0/0.83
– Facility and Equipment Sanitary Conditions	0/0.83
– Disposal/Waste	0/0.83
– Storage Protocols	0/0.83
– Workforce Safety Protocols	0/0.83

Covid Response

0/20

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.