Alabama medical marijuana advocates are set to hold a protest rally in the home district of state Sen. Jabo Waggoner on Saturday.

Medical marijuana legislation (Senate Bill 326) received approval in a Senate committee last week, but Republican lawmakers are hesitant to put Sen. Bobby Singleton's bill on the calendar to even be discussed on the Senate floor.

Waggoner, chairman of the Senate rules committee, told AL.com that Alabama isn't ready to allow medical marijuana usage, but he would poll members of the committee about putting it on the calendar.

"We aren't deterred," Ron Crumpton, the leader of The Alabama Safe Access Project (ASAP), wrote on his website. He also wrote Singleton's bill.

The board legislation would allow patients with 25-specific conditions to purchase as much as 10 ounces of marijuana a month. A limited number of dispensaries would be allowed.

The Alabama Safe Access Project (ASAP) and Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition-hosted rally is set for 1 p.m. at the Vestavia Hills City Hall at 513 Montgomery Highway. For more information, see the rally's Facebook page.

"We need as many people as possible to come out to Senator Jabo Waggoner's home district and join us in letting him know that the people of Alabama, the people that he is supposed to represent, support this issue and they support SB-326, the Alabama Medical Marijuana Patient Safe Access Act," Crumpton wrote.

Speakers will include Crumpton, Chris Butts, executive director of Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition and others that haven't been announced.