MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley on Wednesday signed legislation into law to allow medical marijuana oil in the state.
The law, which will decriminalize possession of cannabidiol produced in other states, will go into effect June 1.
The legislation, nicknamed Leni's Law, follows a similar bill in 2014 that established a CBD oil medical study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
"As a physician, I believe it is extremely important to give patients with a chronic or debilitating disease the option to consider every possible option for treatment," Bentley said in a statement.
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