Header Image: Amanda Taylor, executive director of the Patients Coalition for Medical Cannabis Alabama,
The Alabama Political Reporter
A lawsuit that already has a Montgomery courtroom filled to the brim with attorneys added yet more parties Tuesday, but the presiding judge blocked an advocate for patients from joining.
Amanda Taylor, executive director of the Patients Coalition for Medical Cannabis Alabama, attempted to join the suit in order to give patients a “seat at the table.”
Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson said he sympathizes with the patients who need access to medical cannabis, but said that doesn’t establish standing for this lawsuit between license applicants and the AMCC. He also questioned whether Taylor had attempted to join the lawsuit for “attention and to raise money” after seeing an interview she gave on WSFA.
Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson
“We have all these lawyers that are keeping everything held back and it’s not fair to the patients because they are sick, they are suffering, and they are dying,” Taylor said after the hearing.
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https://www.alreporter.com/2024/09/04/judge-rules-patient-advocate-cant-join-cannabis-lawsuit/
