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Alaska lawmakers discuss proposed new marijuana board

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 03/04/2015 - 23:21

JUNEAU, Alaska - Lawmakers discussed Wednesday who would sit on a new marijuana board and what it might cost the state, during a first hearing on a bill that would create a new regulatory body.

Gov. Bill Walker introduced companion bills in the House and Senate to create a five-member marijuana board that would share staff and resources with the state's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. It was discussed Wednesday in the House Labor and Commerce Committee.

The board would include a member each from the public safety and health sectors; one from a rural area; one or two from the marijuana industry; and one or two from the general public.

State commerce department liaison Micaela Fowler said that for now, the industry members would likely be people who helped pass the intiative or lobby on behalf of a new commercial marijuana industry. They will not be people from the illegal...

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