An Alabama medical hashish producer applicant is suing the state after being omitted of the newest licensing spherical, claiming the Alabama Medical Hashish Fee (AMCC) had unfairly revoked the license it had been accredited for within the earlier two rounds, in keeping with Alabama Political Reporter. Enchanted Inexperienced LLC had positioned second within the earlier rounds of scoring however had tied for fourth in the newest licensing spherical.
In a movement for injunctive aid filed on Monday, the corporate stated to interrupt the tie, the AMCC determined to attract an applicant’s identify from a bowl to find out which firm can be thought-about first.
“A workers member of the AMCC reached below the dais and pulled out a bowl. The workers member then held out the bowl to one of many AMCC commissioners, and the commissioner peered (appeared) into the bowl and pulled out a bit of paper. The commissioner didn’t seem to unfold the piece of paper. The commissioner then learn from the paper the identify of the opposite processor group that tied for fourth place. There was no proof that each names … have been really within the bowl previous to the ‘drawing,’ that the items of paper have been folded so the commissioner couldn’t see which one he was selecting (or the identify on it), that the papers (if there have been the truth is two items of paper) have been of the identical measurement and weight, or that different paraments of a good drawing have been adopted.” — Enchanted Inexperienced, within the lawsuit, by way of Alabama Political Reporter
The newest spherical of licensing was needed after accusations the AMCC had violated the state’s Open Conferences Act, “potential inconsistencies” within the scoring knowledge supplied by the College of South Alabama, and several other lawsuits over the method.
Within the lawsuit, Enchanted Inexperienced stated it had paid a $40,000 licensing price after it had been awarded a license within the second spherical and is unable to recoup the funds.
In all, the AMCC awarded the authorized most of 4 processing licenses through the third spherical of licensing final week.
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