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The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is once again dealing with self-manufactured controversy.
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John McMillan stories
State
John McMillan, the executive director of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, is stepping down—or maybe not.
Health
The commission voted to stay its course, brining in KPMG to audit the commission's scoring process with plans to restart the licensure awarding process.
Health
Director John McMillan said the mathematical error occurred when combining scores by the third-party evaluators and those of commissioners.
Courts
The hearing set for July 13 in a lawsuit over the awarding of medical cannabis licenses has been delayed.
Health
An independent review of the scoring metrics could lead to the commission choosing to award the licenses to different entities.
Health
Competition was particularly strong for integrated facility and dispensary licenses.
Health
The commission is limited on the number of licenses it can issue in each category and has 90 applicants to choose from.
Health
There is strong competition particularly for integrated facility licenses, with 38 applicants vying for only five licenses.
Health
Commissioner John McMillan said indicators point to several last-minute applications.