Alabama medical cannabis dispensaries require both Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission licensure and a Mobile City Council approval resolution, plus zoning compliance. Mobile has been cautious about authorizing dispensary sites.
Under the Alabama Compassion Act, a city or county must affirmatively authorize the operation of a medical cannabis dispensary within its limits. Mobile City Council retains discretion to approve or decline dispensary applications by resolution, and any approved location must also satisfy local zoning, parking, and signage standards. State rules already impose statewide buffers from schools, daycares, and churches that local zoning typically reinforces. Because the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission has experienced licensing litigation, very few dispensaries have opened anywhere in the state. Operators eyeing Mobile should expect a multi-step process and significant city council scrutiny before any storefront can open.
Operating a cannabis dispensary without both state license and Mobile council authorization is a state crime, with city zoning enforcement as a parallel layer of penalty.
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