Alaska: Marijuana Task Force passes recommendations

Aspiring marijuana businesses in the Kenai Peninsula Borough may face only a few additional requirements on top of the state’s regulations.

After many months of deliberation, many amendments and dozens of public comments, the borough’s Marijuana Task Force arrived at a set of recommendations for the borough assembly at its Wednesday meeting.

The requirements the task force members changed were to increase the setback for marijuana establishments from schools, increase the number of hours retail stores must be closed for business and specify that the only prohibited odor outside marijuana establishments is that of marijuana itself.

The statewide setback requirement is 500 feet from schools, recreational or youth facilities licensed or authorized by the state or local government, building where religious ceremonies regularly take place or correctional facility. If the borough assembly passes the task force’s recommendations, marijuana establishments will have to be at least 1,000 feet from schools, but...

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