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AND THE OTHER FOUR SUSPECTS TURNED THEMSELVES IN LAST WEEK. 24 ALABAMA COMPANIES WERE APPROVED LAST WEEK FOR LICENSES TO BECOME PART OF THE MEDICAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN ALABAMA. AND NOW THEY MUST WORK TOGETHER TO GET UP AND RUNNING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. WVTM13’S LISA CRANE IS LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM TONIGHT. LISA, YOU CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS TODAY WHO’S READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. EXCELSIOR TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN TRANSPORTING CARGO FOR DECADES, BUT TRANSPORTING PHARMACY GRADE CANNABIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THE COMPANY’S OWNER, THOUGH, SAYS THEY ARE READY FOR THE CHALLENGE. THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL STORAGE VAULTS THAT BRIAN HENRY WAS SURPRISED EXCELSIOR TRANSPORTATION WASN’T APPROVED FOR A MEDICAL CANNABIS TRANSPORTATION LICENSE IN JUNE WHEN THEY WERE INITIALLY ISSUED, THEN QUICKLY RESCINDED. WE REALLY, REALLY JUST ASKED KIND OF POLITELY WHY THIS HAPPENED AND AND DIDN’T GET A RESPONSE. BUT GOT A LICENSE IN RESPONSE. AND SO WE’LL ABSOLUTELY HAPPILY TAKE THAT. WE DIDN’T WANT TO BE DISGRUNTLED. WE DIDN’T FEEL LIKE WE COULD SUE OUR WAY INTO THE GOOD GRACES OF THE COMMITTEE. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO. HE WAS EXCITED TO HEAR HIS COMPANY’S NAME ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK AND IS NOW EAGER TO GET GOING. AND JUST THE FIRST FEW DAYS HE’S SPOKEN TO A FEW OF THE OTHER LICENSED EYES AND REALIZED THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE. THE GROWERS, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO SO FAR, ARE ALL FREEZING THE PRODUCT AND THAT IT’S GOING TO REQUIRE FROZEN TRANSPORTATION AND FROZEN STORAGE TO GET TO THE PROCESSING GROUP. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT REALLY NOBODY ANTICIPATED. SECURITY IS ALSO SOMETHING THE COMMISSION STRESSED IN HENRY SAYS HIS COMPANY IS ALREADY SET UP TO SECURELY TRANSPORT HIGH VALUE CARGO. WE’RE GOING TO BE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE LEAH AND OUR TELEMETRIX ON THE TRUCKS AND KIND OF TRACKING SYSTEMS ARE ALL SATELLITE BASED. AND SO REALLY ALL OF ALABAMA LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL KNOW WHERE ALL OF OUR TRUCKS ARE AT ALL TIMES. AND WE’LL BE DEPENDING ON THEM TO KIND OF SHADOW US AND HELP PROTECT US TO. NOW, THERE IS NOW AN ALABAMA MEDICAL CANNABIS COALITION REPRESENT MANY OF THESE NEW LICENSES. AND THAT GROUP HAS REACHED OUT TO THE UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. IN A PRESS RELEASE SAYING SINCE 2021, ALABAMA HAS BEEN READY TO PROVIDE MEDICINE ALREADY AVAILABLE IN 38 OTHER STATES, INCLUDING ALL THOSE BORDERING ALABAMA. THERE ARE PATIENTS IN ALABAMA TODAY WHO HAVE NO ACCESS TO THESE TREATMENTS, AND WE CALL ON THE UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS TO WITHDRAW THEIR DELAYING CHALLENGES. AND REMEMBER, THE PATIENTS WE WERE ALL ASCRIBING TO SERVE AND WE’LL HAVE TO SEE IF THAT PLEA IS HEARD. LIVE IN
Birmingham transportation business ready to haul medical cannabis
XLCR Transportation approved for medical cannabis license
Twenty-four Alabama companies were approved last week for licenses to become part of the medical cannabis industry in the state. Now they must work together to get up and running in the next few months. The owner of XLCR Transportation has been transporting cargo for decades, but transporting pharmaceutical-grade cannabis is a little different. The company's owner says they are ready for the challenge. Henry was surprised his company wasn't approved for a medical cannabis transport license in June when they were initially issued, then quickly rescinded. Henry says, “We really just asked, kind of politely, why this happened and didn't get a response. But got a license in response, and so, we'll absolutely, happily take that. We didn't want to be disgruntled. We didn't feel like we could sue our way into the good graces of the committee.” He didn't have to. He was excited to hear his company's name announced last week and is now eager to get going. In just the first few days, he's spoken to a few of the other licensees and realized there is much work to be done. Henry says, “There's the growers, the ones that we've talked to so far are all freezing the product. And that it's going to require frozen transportation and frozen storage to get to the processing group. And that was something that really nobody anticipated.”Security is also something the commission stressed, and Henry says his company is already set up to securely transport high-value cargo. He says, “We're going to be working really closely with the ALEA and our telemetrics on the trucks and kind of tracking systems are all satellite-based. And so, really, all of Alabama law enforcement will know where all of our trucks are at all times, and we'll be depending on them to kind of shadow us and help protect us, too.”There is now an Alabama Medical Cannabis Coalition representing many of the new licensees. That group has reached out to the unsuccessful candidates in a press release, saying, "Since 2021, Alabama has been ready to provide medicine already available in 38 other states including all of those bordering Alabama. There are patients in Alabama today who have no access to these treatments. We call on the unsuccessful applicants to withdraw their delaying challenges and remember the patients we were all ascribing to serve."We'll have to see if that plea is heard.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
Twenty-four Alabama companies were approved last week for licenses to become part of the medical cannabis industry in the state. Now they must work together to get up and running in the next few months.
The owner of XLCR Transportation has been transporting cargo for decades, but transporting pharmaceutical-grade cannabis is a little different. The company's owner says they are ready for the challenge. Henry was surprised his company wasn't approved for a medical cannabis transport license in June when they were initially issued, then quickly rescinded. Henry says, “We really just asked, kind of politely, why this happened and didn't get a response. But got a license in response, and so, we'll absolutely, happily take that. We didn't want to be disgruntled. We didn't feel like we could sue our way into the good graces of the committee.”
He didn't have to. He was excited to hear his company's name announced last week and is now eager to get going. In just the first few days, he's spoken to a few of the other licensees and realized there is much work to be done. Henry says, “There's the growers, the ones that we've talked to so far are all freezing the product. And that it's going to require frozen transportation and frozen storage to get to the processing group. And that was something that really nobody anticipated.”
Security is also something the commission stressed, and Henry says his company is already set up to securely transport high-value cargo. He says, “We're going to be working really closely with the ALEA and our telemetrics on the trucks and kind of tracking systems are all satellite-based. And so, really, all of Alabama law enforcement will know where all of our trucks are at all times, and we'll be depending on them to kind of shadow us and help protect us, too.”
There is now an Alabama Medical Cannabis Coalition representing many of the new licensees. That group has reached out to the unsuccessful candidates in a press release, saying, "Since 2021, Alabama has been ready to provide medicine already available in 38 other states including all of those bordering Alabama. There are patients in Alabama today who have no access to these treatments. We call on the unsuccessful applicants to withdraw their delaying challenges and remember the patients we were all ascribing to serve."
We'll have to see if that plea is heard.
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