Alaska marijuana rules move forward, with two exceptions
All but two parts of Alaska’s rules governing commercial marijuana were approved by the state government Friday, with one section addressing criminal background checks and another providing exceptions to marijuana testing for growers in rural areas struck down by the state Department of Law.
On Dec. 1, the five-member Marijuana Control Board made its final tweaks to the rules outlining Alaska’s commercial marijuana industry. The 127-page document outlines everything from grower operations to testing and processing requirements, and includes a provision allowing for on-site consumption of marijuana at retail stores, the first law of its kind in the nation.
Nearly all of the regulations passed a subsequent review by the Department of Law, save two pieces of the text, senior assistant attorney general Steven Weaver wrote in a letter to Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, who signed the regulations Friday.
The first thing struck down by the Department of Law was...
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