Alabama Releases Rules for Physicians to Prescribe Cannabis

New draft rules released last week by regulators in Alabama offer a glimpse of how and when physicians in the state may recommend medical cannabis under the new law. Kay Ivey signed legislation legalizing medical cannabis in the state. At the end of 2019, that commission recommended voted to recommend that the legislature legalize medical cannabis. The legislature considered a medical cannabis bill in 2019, but rather than legalize the treatment, lawmakers opted to take a more cautious route, creating a special commission dedicated to studying the policy.   The Montgomery Advertiser reported at the time that the commission “needed to address other duties, including rulemaking and physician training,” and to address “concerns that further legislative action—required to move the dates—could expose the medical cannabis law to attempts to weaken it.”