Alaska: 7 Marijuana Businesses on Kenai Peninsula Get Green Light

The first seven marijuana entrepreneurs on the Kenai Peninsula received their state approvals on Thursday and Friday.

The state Marijuana Control Board gave its stamp of approval last week to four standard cultivators and five limited cultivators on the peninsula. Two licenses were issued in Kasilof, two in the Nikiski area, one in Homer, one in Sterling and one just outside Soldotna. Two growers in Seward, Stony Creek Growers and Budding Alaska, were delayed because the board members still had questions for the applicants. The board will review those two again at its July 7 meeting.

The licensees cannot start growing immediately, though — they still have to wait up to 60 days for the Kenai Peninsula Borough government to review and approve the licenses before they can start up operations. The borough Planning Commission will review the nine applications at its Monday meeting, and the borough assembly could review...

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