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Alaska Marijuana Control Board is considering doubling the amount of THC allowed in edibles

Alaska marijuana regulators are considering loosening restrictions on edible marijuana products in the state. The regulation change would double the amount of THC, the plant’s psychoactive compound, allowed in a single serving. Proponents of the change say it would benefit…

Alaska Pot Board Chair, a Gov. Dunleavy Critic, Being Replaced

January 16, 2020
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The chairman of the board that regulates legal marijuana in Alaska, who also is a critic of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, said he was caught off guard by news that Dunleavy was replacing him. “You may quote me…

Alaska Approves On-Site Marijuana Use

March 14, 2019
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The state will begin licensing dispensaries on April 11th, though it will likely take several months before dispensaries start to implement smoking sections Alaska is associated with many good things: cold-weather cruises, salmon bakes, a 1996 feel-good movie starring Pete…

Alaska adopts rules for on-site marijuana consumption at retail shops

March 13, 2019
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Alaska is set to be the first state with laws on the books regulating marijuana use in retail cannabis shops. Alaska Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer on Tuesday signed off on new regulations that allow on-site cannabis use in retail marijuana shops. The…

‘Real nonsense’: Why are Alaska marijuana buyers obsessed with high potency?

September 10, 2018
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In Alaska's cannabis stores, a trend has developed: Marijuana is often priced by its potency. Much like the alcohol percentage displayed on a bottle of wine, cannabis labels include THC percentages, which usually range from the low-teens to the mid-20s. But is the more…

Public Consumption? Yes, No and Maybe

Like a lot of cities where recreational use of cannabis has been legalized, D.C. is in a cannabis quandary. Actually, a double quandary that illustrates some of the problems with public consumption in other cities and states where recreational use…

Alaska Marijuana Control Board Approves First Retail Marijuana License

September 12, 2016
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Alaska marijuana regulators have approved the first permit for a pot retail store. The Alaska Marijuana Control Board on Thursday approved the permit for Frozen Budz, which will be located in Fairbanks. Co-owner Destiny Neade received a round of applause…

Alaska Marijuana Control Board Overwhelmingly Approves Licenses in Historic Meeting

Alaska's Marijuana Control Board ended its historic June meeting Friday afternoon after approving most of the grower licenses on its agenda and voting to open up future discussions about advertising and out-of-state investment. On Thursday, the state's first-ever commercial marijuana businesses were…

Alaska Regulators Approve First Marijuana Licenses For Growing and Testing

Alaska regulators were applauded Thursday as they approved the first licenses for legal marijuana growing and testing facilities — another milestone for the fledgling industry. Priority was being given to growing and testing operations to ensure that retail stores will…

Alaska’s Marijuana Social Clubs Dwindle, Now Down to Only One

Anchorage's Pot Luck Events is the only marijuana social club still operating without a legal challenge, as statewide puzzlement to their legality produces a patchwork of local controls. Fairbanks' The Higher Calling and Homer's Kachemak Cannabis Club have both closed,…

Cannabis Business Licenses in Alaska Held Up by Legislative Gridlock

Prospective marijuana business owner Bryant Thorp was the very first person in Alaska to get word that his cannabusiness application was complete, except for one thing -- a background check that the state doesn't have the legal authority to conduct. In…

Alaska Geography Makes Licensing For Cannabis Industry a Statewide Challenge

Alaska’s mountainous terrain is the state’s biggest obstacle (literally) to getting everyone in the marijuana industry online and registered. Not only is Alaska’s population a sparce 740,000 -- the residents are spread out to a degree unimaginable in most states,…

Marijuana Retailers Set to Open in Alaska Next Fall

February 26, 2016
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Alaskans looking to buy legal commercial marijuana will have to wait until after summer to walk into a shop, according to an updated timeline made public in mid-February. The state Marijuana Control Board will sort its approval process by business type – with cultivation…

Alaska Marijuana Board Moving Glacially on Drafting Regulations

JUNEAU, Alaska — The board tasked with regulating the Alaska marijuana industry provided guidance Thursday for yet-to-be-drafted rules to allow for people to use marijuana at certain stores that will sell it. Staff to the Marijuana Control Board had hoped…

Alaska Marijuana Board Debating Whether to Allow “On-Site Consumption”

With less than two weeks to go before the first entrepreneurs can apply for an Alaska marijuana license, the Alaska Marijuana Control Board on Thursday approved the forms and documents that await those who seek to grow, test, sell and…

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