Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Bill to Legalize Medical Cannabis

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Bill to Legalize Medical Cannabis

Legislation to legalize medical cannabis has been passed with a 4 to 3 vote by Alabama’s Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 326 now moves towards a full Senate vote.

If approved into law, the Alabama Medical Marijuana Patient Safe Access Act would allow those with a qualifying condition to possess up to 10 ounces of cannabis, and would allow them to purchase the medicine from state-licensed dispensaries. Conditions that qualify an individual to be a medical cannabis patient under SB 326 includes autism, anorexia, bipolar disorder, cancer, chronic pain, AIDS, ADD/ADHD, migraines, glaucoma, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s disease, post traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

SB 326 goes considerably further than a medical cannabis bill approved by lawmakers last year (SB 174), which provides a legal defense for patients suffering from epilepsy who use and possess low-THC cannabis extracts, if they receive a recommendation from a physician

– TheJointBlog