Lawsuit filed against the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission

May 13, 2025

Lawsuit filed against the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT AS WIDESPREAD TODAY AS THEY WERE YESTERDAY, BUT WHERE THEY ARE COMING DOWN, THERE IS STILL SOME HEAVY RAIN FALLING JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF HAVANA. DAVID CAMPBELL ROAD, TUBBS ROAD THIS IS NORTHERN HALE COUNTY AND THEN COUNTY ROAD 29 JUST GETTING POUNDED WITH DOWNPOUR AFTER DOWNPOUR HERE NEAR LIBERTY CHURCH AND OVER TO PAYNE LAKE, JUST OFF OF ALABAMA HIGHWAY 25. ANOTHER PRETTY HEALTHY DOWNPOUR JUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MOUNDVILLE. AND THIS IS THE LAST HOURS WORTH OF MOTION FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM THE NORTHWEST TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. THERE IS A VERY LOW CHANCE THAT 1 OR 2 OF THESE COULD PRODUCE ENOUGH WIND TO KNOCK DOWN SOME TREES OR PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL, BUT I REALLY DON’T THINK THERE’S TOO MUCH TROUBLE WITH SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. HERE’S WHERE FIRST WARNING LIVE DOPPLER RADAR SITS JUST OFF OF INTERSTATE 2059, IN THE VANCE AREA IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. AND HERE’S THE VIEW GOING BACK TO ABOUT 330 THIS AFTERNOON. KEEP AN EYE RIGHT THERE. THIS IS WHERE THOSE THUNDERSTORMS STARTED DEVELOPING IN HALE COUNTY. AND AS THE RAIN COOLED OUTFLOW HAS MOVED TO THE NORTH, THERE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A FEW LITTLE BRIEF SHOWERS TRYING TO DEVELOP OVER TUSCALOOSA COUNTY. BUT THERE’S NOT A LOT OF SUCCESS. AND THAT’S BECAUSE THE THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY ROBBED US OF A LOT OF THE ENERGY THAT WE NEED FOR BIG, HEAVY STORMS AGAIN TODAY. BUT HERE AROUND HALE COUNTY, GREENE COUNTY, TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, AND THEN UP INTO LAMAR COUNTY, SOME LOCALLY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN PROGRESS, VERY LOW CHANCE. LIKE I SAID, THAT 1 OR 2 OF THEM POTENTIALLY COULD GET A LITTLE ROUGH WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE REASON FOR ALL THE RAIN LATELY, THIS BIG THING CALLED AN UPPER AIR LOW. SO IS THIS SWIRL IN WHAT WE CALL THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY OVER LOW OVERLAY WHERE THE LOW IS. LOOK AT THAT. SOME DRIER AIR GOING TO START COMING IN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. DOES IT REALLY GET DRIER THOUGH? NOT EXACTLY. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, BUT WHAT THAT WILL DO IS HELP TO LIMIT THE OVERALL NUMBER AND PRODUCTION OF THESE STORMS. SO 1:00 TOMORROW MORNING. STILL A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS. WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET RID OF THESE THINGS COMPLETELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. BUT I DO THINK ENOUGH OF THAT DRIER AIR COMES IN AND SUPPRESSES THEM ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SO THAT IT’S JUST A HANDFUL OF ISOLATED SHOWERS. YOU GOT OUTDOOR PLANS TOMORROW? I’M NOT TERRIBLY WORRIED ABOUT THEM GETTING INTERRUPTED BY A DOWNPOUR TONIGHT. SPOTTY SHOWERS, MAYBE A BRIEF DOWNPOUR IN THE MORNING WITH SOME PATCHY FOG. ISOLATED STORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE HIGH REACHING 84 ON WEDNESDAY, 88 ON THURSDAY, AND THEN ON FRIDAY WE’LL TOUCH 90 DEGREES. BUT THERE’S ALSO GOING TO BE A CHANCE OF MULTIPLE WAVES OF THUNDERSTORMS COMING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST, WITH THIS STORM TRACK RUNNING FROM ARKANSAS TO ALABAMA. GUSTY WINDS, HAIL, LOTS OF LIGHTNING, VERY HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES WITH THESE WAVES THAT PASS FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY, SUNDAY INTO MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. WE DON’T THINK IT RAINS ALL DAY ON ANY GIVEN DAY, BUT YOU WILL WANT TO BE AWARE OF WHAT’

Lawsuit filed against the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission

>>Weather forecast is aboveA federal lawsuit has reportedly been filed against members of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC).According to a news release, Alabama Always, LLC, is the plaintiff in the lawsuit and alleges the AMCC commissioners and staff violated its First and 14th Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution.Alabama Always, which is an applicant for an integrated license in the state’s cannabis program, claimed in the lawsuit that the AMCC retaliated against it for criticizing the commission for allegedly violating Alabama law, the news release stated.Alabama Always is seeking to recover compensatory damages.WVTM 13 News has reached out to the AMCC for comment and no response has been received at this time.Deep dive: WVTM 13 Investigates

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A federal lawsuit has reportedly been filed against members of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC).

According to a news release, Alabama Always, LLC, is the plaintiff in the lawsuit and alleges the AMCC commissioners and staff violated its First and 14th Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution.

Alabama Always, which is an applicant for an integrated license in the state’s cannabis program, claimed in the lawsuit that the AMCC retaliated against it for criticizing the commission for allegedly violating Alabama law, the news release stated.

Alabama Always is seeking to recover compensatory damages.

WVTM 13 News has reached out to the AMCC for comment and no response has been received at this time.

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