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 make products from Alaska’s newest legal crop.
That bit of bureaucratic business was overshadowed, however, as the board continued to seek a balance between Alaska’s version of a marijuana bar and a restriction on public marijuana consumption.
“I think on-site consumption is going to be challenged in court no matter what,” said Loren Jones, a member of the board and a City and Borough of Juneau Assembly member, after the meeting.
Late last year, the control board voted 3-2 in favor of allowing marijuana buyers to consume marijuana products at retail stores that apply for special permission. “On-site consumption” is intended to meet the requests of Alaskans who demanded a legal way to consume marijuana if they couldn’t use it at home. [Read more at the Juneau Empire]
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