Alabama Cannabis Official Sources — AMCC, ABC, ALEA, ADPH, Code of Alabama

Last verified: May 2026

Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC)

• Website: amcc.alabama.gov
• Address: AMCC offices in Montgomery, Alabama.
• Executive Director: John McMillan (former Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries).
• Current Chair: Dr. Sam Blakemore (April 2026).
• Predecessors: Steven Stokes (founding chair), Rex Vaughn (intervening chair).
• Functions: patient-registry administration, certifying-physician registration, license award and renewal, dispensary inspection, program rule-making.
• Patient registry portal: accessible via amcc.alabama.gov for patient applications and renewals.
• License-status updates: published as available on amcc.alabama.gov.

Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board

• Website: abc.alabama.gov
• Functions: HB 445 hemp-derived-intoxicant retail licensing; alcohol licensing and regulation.
• HB 445 implementation: ABC Board administers the licensing of liquor stores authorized to sell hemp-derived-intoxicant products under the bill’s framework.

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA)

• Website: alea.gov
• Functions: state-level law-enforcement coordination, including drug enforcement, highway interdiction (I-65, I-20, I-10, I-22, I-85), and general public-safety operations.
• State Bureau of Investigation (SBI): handles complex investigations including drug-trafficking, multi-jurisdiction cases.
• Highway Patrol Division: principal interdiction unit for I-65, I-20, I-10 corridors.

Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH)

• Website: alabamapublichealth.gov
• Functions: Compassion Act compliance work alongside AMCC.
• Drug-Free Workplace Act administration — partial role in employer-compliance contexts.

Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI)

• Website: agi.alabama.gov
• Functions: industrial hemp licensing and regulation under the Alabama Hemp Farming Act (SB 225, 2021).
• USDA partnership — ADAI participates in the federal Domestic Hemp Production Program coordination.

Alabama Board of Medical Examiners (ALBME)

• Website: albme.org
• Functions: physician licensing and discipline; oversight of certifying-physician program coordination with AMCC.

Alabama Code — Statutory Sources

• Title 13A — Criminal Code:
  • § 13A-12-211 — unlawful distribution of controlled substance.
  • § 13A-12-213 — unlawful possession of marihuana, first degree.
  • § 13A-12-214 — unlawful possession of marihuana, second degree.
  • § 13A-12-215 — sale to person under 18.
  • § 13A-12-217 — manufacture in second degree.
  • § 13A-12-231 — trafficking schedule.
  • § 13A-12-250, 13A-12-260, 13A-12-270 — school-zone, paraphernalia, public-housing-zone provisions.
• Title 20 — Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics:
  • § 20-2-1 et seq. — Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
  • § 20-2-93 — civil asset forfeiture.
  • § 20-2A-1 et seq. — Compassion Act / Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission framework.
• Title 25 — Industrial Relations and Labor:
  • § 25-5-330 et seq. — Alabama Drug-Free Workplace Act.
  • § 25-5-51 — workers’ comp impairment defense.
• Title 32 — Motor Vehicles and Traffic:
  • § 32-5A-191 — DUI provisions.
  • § 32-5A-194 — implied-consent provisions.
  • § 32-5A-195 — driver’s-license suspension provisions.
• Title 2 — Agriculture:
  • Alabama Hemp Farming Act provisions (SB 225, 2021).

Federal Sources

• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) — dea.gov. Federal scheduling, federal enforcement coordination.
• U.S. Attorneys for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama — federal prosecution of trafficking and interstate-transport cases.
• USDA Domestic Hemp Production Program — federal hemp regulation.
• Public Law 119-37 Section 781 — federal hemp cliff effective November 12, 2026.

Court Records & Litigation

• Alabama Supreme Court and Alabama Court of Civil Appeals — judicial.alabama.gov. AMCC license-saga appellate decisions.
• Montgomery County Circuit Court — Judge James Anderson’s January 2024 TRO and April 21, 2025 emergency-rule-void ruling.
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama — Mellow Fellow Fun federal lawsuit.

Sentencing & Pardons

• Alabama Sentencing Commission — sentencing-guidelines guidance.
• Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles — state-level pardons and parole decisions.
• City of Birmingham Mayor’s Office — municipal-level pardon initiative under Mayor Woodfin.

Audit & Oversight

• Alabama Department of Examiners — March 2026 audit of AMCC for the period May 17, 2021 through September 30, 2025.
• Alabama Open Meetings Act compliance — AMCC operations subject to public-meetings requirements.