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How to check an Alabama medical cannabis dispensary
In Alabama, only dispensaries licensed by the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) may sell medical cannabis, and only to registered patients and caregivers with a valid Alabama card.6 Very few have opened so far.1 Check the business and its address on AMCC’s list before you buy. If it isn’t listed with an issued license, don’t buy there.
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1. Make sure your medical cannabis card is valid
You need a valid Alabama medical cannabis card to enter a dispensary and to buy.1 Show it when you walk in and again before you pay. Staff may also ask for photo ID.2 A registration lasts one year.2
To get a card, a physician registered with AMCC must certify your condition and enter you in AMCC’s patient registry. Then you finish your own registration online.1 Carry your card whenever you have medical cannabis with you.2
2. Check the dispensary on AMCC’s list
AMCC posts a summary PDF for each license type. Each entry shows the business’s legal name and store name (“d/b/a”), its status, its license number, its license dates and the address of each dispensing site.34
- Go to AMCC’s applicant and licensee list and open the Dispensary summary. A business with an “integrated facility” license would be in the Integrated Facility summary.
- Find the business by its store name or its legal name.
- Check the status. It should say License Issued, with a license number and an expiration date that has not passed.4
- Check that the store’s address is listed as one of that business’s dispensing sites.4
- You can also look for the store on AMCC’s list of dispensary openings .1
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| License Issued | AMCC issued the license. The entry shows a license number and dates.4 |
| License Awarded / Issuance Stayed by Commission | AMCC voted to award a license but has put it on hold. No license is issued, so the business may not sell yet.45 |
| Denied (with hearing details) | The application was turned down. No license number is listed.4 |
The summary PDFs show an “Updated” date. A dispensary that opened after that date may appear on the openings list first.41
No delivery: Alabama dispensaries may not deliver medical cannabis to anyone, including patients and caregivers. Sales happen only inside the store.7
3. Check the product and the label
A dispensary may sell only medical cannabis that has been tested and labeled for sale.6 The label must show lot and batch numbers, the grower’s and processor’s license numbers, the cannabinoid content and potency, the state’s universal symbol in color, and “Keep out of reach of children.”6 It must come in a child-resistant, tamper-evident container.6
Allowed forms are tablets, capsules, tinctures, plain gel cubes or rectangles, cube-shaped lozenges, topicals, suppositories, patches, and liquids for nebulizers or inhalers. Raw flower, anything you smoke or vape, and foods like cookies or candies are not allowed.61
Keep medical cannabis in its original package with the dispensary label, or in a container the dispensary gives you.2
Warning signs
- Anyone else selling “medical cannabis.” Patients must buy only from a licensed dispensing site.2 Using or selling medical cannabis that was passed on from someone else is a crime.86
- Flower, vapes or cannabis candy sold as medical cannabis. These forms are not allowed in Alabama’s program.6
- A seller that takes an out-of-state card. Alabama dispensaries may not sell to people from other states, even with a card from their home state.7
- Delivery or online orders. Alabama dispensaries may not deliver.7
Hemp shops are not dispensaries
Hemp products you eat or drink are sold under separate rules run by the Alabama ABC Board. Since January 1, 2026, only ABC-licensed stores may sell them, and only to adults 21 and older.109
Smokable hemp, such as hemp flower or joints, is banned. Hemp edibles and drinks may have no more than 10 mg of THC per serving. The label must have a barcode or QR code that links to a lab report for the batch. Online sales and delivery of hemp products are not allowed.9
If something doesn’t look right
You can contact AMCC with questions or concerns through the form on its contact page. For card or registry problems, AMCC lists a separate email address on the same page.11
Official source
Alabama’s cannabis regulator: Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC)
- Check a business license Official list of licensed medical cannabis sellers
- See official recalls No public recall list found
- File a complaint Report an unlicensed business or a problem
- Regulator website Laws, rules and news
These links go to the regulator’s own website. CHSA does not copy or host license records, so you always see the official, current version.
Sources
- Patients & Caregivers: dispensary opening announcements, registration and FAQs
- Ala. Admin. Code Chapter 538-X-2, Regulation of Patients and Caregivers
- Applicant/Licensee Summary Information
- Applicant/Licensee Summary Information: Dispensary (PDF, updated July 16, 2026)
- Talladega Medical Cannabis Dispensary to Open (news release)
- Code of Alabama 1975, Title 20, Chapter 2A (Darren Wesley "Ato" Hall Compassion Act), updated November 2024
- Ala. Admin. Code Chapter 538-X-8, Regulation of Dispensaries
- Frequently Asked Questions (general)
- HB445 (2025 Regular Session), enrolled act adding Chapter 12 to Title 28 (consumable hemp products)
- Consumable Hemp Products
- Contact the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission
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