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New business licenses were awarded to companies to process and sell medical cannabis in Alabama Tuesday.This is the third attempt by the commission to hand out licenses, with the first two failing due to a handful of lawsuits that claimed that the scoring process was unfair.Just last month, the commission reached a settlement with some of the companies that filed suit. That opened the door for commissioners to go through the process again.The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission voted on Dec. 12 to award integrated facility business licenses to five applicants.Those are Trulieve AL, Inc.; Sustainable Alabama, LLC; Wagon Trail Med-Serv, LLC; Flowerwood Medical Cannabis, LLC; and Specialty Medical Products of Alabama.“First, I thank all of the integrated facility applicants for their diligent efforts throughout this lengthy licensing process. Second, I cannot emphasize strongly enough how much I appreciate the commitment and hard work of each Commissioner as we have navigated through this phase of the program,�� Commission Chairman Rex Vaughn said. “The result of these efforts has led to the award of licenses to entities who the Commission has determined are well-suited to serve patients through Alabama’s medical cannabis program.�� Medical marijuana will only be available to people who meet certain conditions, and only certain forms of medical marijuana will be available. These forms include tablets, capsules, gels, oils and creams.According to the AMCC's rules and regulations, an integrated facility will be licensed to cultivate and process cannabis to medical cannabis, sell to a dispensary and transport between its facilities.Those chosen for licenses have 14 days to pay the license fee, which is roughly $50,000.