Alabama
Alabama coalition calls for medical cannabis access
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — Medical cannabis was legalized in Alabama in 2021.
With the licensing process still in limbo, the Patients Coalition for Medical Cannabis said access to the drug is needed more than ever.
“It’s time to stop playing all the games and stop acting so befuddled about this,” said Mike Dow, the former mayor of Mobile.
The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is charged with awarding licenses to dispensaries. The commission faces an onslaught of lawsuits after some applicants say they did not receive a fair consideration for a license. The coalition said the lawsuits are keeping dispensaries from operating.
“The march towards getting this to sick people: It has been inevitable, it has been slow, it has been opposed every step of the way,” said former state Rep. Mike Ball.
Dr. Corey Hebert is a professor and physician from New Orleans.
“The risk of opioids are so much higher and far outweigh the benefits and medical cannabis, for the appropriate patient, is what they need,” Hebert said.
“It’s also good for our economy,” said Dr. Marshall Walker, of Mobile. “Alright, this is an agricultural product. There’s processing. There’s research. There’s testing. Many, many, many good things spring from this well.”
Amanda Taylor, of Cullman, is a patient advocate for medical cannabis. She said pharmaceuticals always have side effects, unlike cannabis.
“With seven debilitating diseases that I fight, they have horrible side effects. … versus cannabis, as you heard them say earlier, there’s nobody in the hospital because they’ve overdosed on cannabis,” Taylor said.
Will Somerville is a lawyer with Baker Donelson. He has taken legal action against the commission after his client was not awarded a license. He said the cannabis commission needs to do it job.
“Follow the law. Award the licenses to people who can do the job,” Somerville said. “That’s the fastest way to get medical cannabis to the people who need it.”
Somerville said the licensing litigation is in the hands of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. He expects them to issue a decision any day now.
Alabama football hosted a hometown kid for an official visit last weekend when it got Jeremiah Beverley on campus for an official visit.
Beverley attends Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and ESPN currently has him rated as a four-star recruit. He is considering Alabama, Cincinnati, Wake Forest and others.
The Crimson Tide offered Beverley earlier this month and got him on campus for an official visit last weekend. The Alabama target told Touchdown Alabama he used the visit to learn what the Tide has planned for him if he commits.
“I’m truly happy that I went on that official visit,” Beverley said. “Blessed for that. All I was talking about was the next step, what I got to do? So, just knowing what they have planned for me, knowing what they have set for me.”
At 6-foot-2 and 235 pounds, Beverley makes plays for Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa as a defensive end. Alabama has plans to use him similarly at the next level.
“They’re going to have me at wolf mostly,” Beverley said. “I know coach (Kane) Wommack and coach (Christian) Robinson, I think they see me at other positions, but I know it is guaranteed they’re going to see me at Wolf and me working my way up on special teams, and they expect that out of me.”
Beverley is expected to announce a commitment decision on Friday.
Watch Jeremiah Beverley’s Highlights Below:
Justin Smith is the Managing Editor and Lead Writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine with over 10 years of writing experience & expertise. Smith has consistently delivered high quality, extensively researched information on the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide football team that fans can trust. Smith is official credentialed media with the University of Alabama under Touchdown Alabama Magazine. He is also the Director of Recruiting for Touchdown Enterprises, specializing in scouting and analyzing high school recruits around the nation, specifically focusing on recruits within the state of Alabama.
Alabama football is hiring Noah Fisher to be its assistant tight ends coach, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz.
Fisher spent two seasons as a graduate assistant working with the offensive line and tight ends at Louisville before joining the Tide’s staff. He played three years on the offensive line at South Alabama and spent one season with Tulane. The Jaguars started Fisher along its offensive line when he was a player for multiple games.
The Crimson Tide appear to want to use their tight ends in multiple ways in the future including as extra blockers along the line of scrimmage. Fisher looks as if he can assist the Tide with this mission.
Justin Smith is the Managing Editor and Lead Writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine with over 10 years of writing experience & expertise. Smith has consistently delivered high quality, extensively researched information on the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide football team that fans can trust. Smith is official credentialed media with the University of Alabama under Touchdown Alabama Magazine. He is also the Director of Recruiting for Touchdown Enterprises, specializing in scouting and analyzing high school recruits around the nation, specifically focusing on recruits within the state of Alabama.
PRICHARD, Ala. (NBC 15) — Sewage overflows during storms in Prichard are sending wastewater into local waterways that feed Mobile Bay, prompting an environmental group to push for state funding to upgrade aging infrastructure.
Mobile Baykeeper says sewage overflows during storms flow into Three Mile Creek, then into the Mobile River, and ultimately end up in Mobile Bay. The group said that last week, during heavy rain, more than 256,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Gum Tree Branch and Three Mile Creek.
Mobile Baykeeper has launched a petition seeking funding from the state of Alabama to fix Prichard’s old water infrastructure.
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