New Alaska Marijuana Board Proposes 4 Changes to State Law July 6, 2015 AggregatedNews Alaska, Policy & Legal, Uncategorized 0 Comments FAIRBANKS — Alaska’s newly appointed Marijuana Control Board has proposed four changes to state marijuana laws. The board held its first meeting Thursday in Fairbanks. They signed off on statutory changes it wants the Alaska Legislature to change in last… Read More→
5 Appointees Named to Alaska’s First Marijuana Control Board July 2, 2015 AggregatedNews Alaska, Policy & Legal 0 Comments The five members who will make up Alaska’s first Marijuana Control Board were named Wednesday morning by Gov. Bill Walker. The Marijuana Control Board is tasked with crafting Alaska’s regulations surrounding legalized recreational and commercial marijuana. The board is made up of… Read More→
North Pole Rejects Proposed Ban on Marijuana Sales June 3, 2015 John Hollon Alaska, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Santa Claus already has a jolly reputation and soon more of the North Pole’s citizens may earn a jolly reputation of their own, after the city voted to reject a measure that would’ve put the kibosh on medical marijuana dispensaries.… Read More→
Alaska Wants Public Feedback on Proposed Marijuana Regulations May 21, 2015 John Hollon Alaska, Policy & Legal 0 Comments The public can now weigh in on Alaska’s first round of proposed marijuana regulations. Local option law and marijuana definitions are the focus of the first wave of regulations, unveiled at the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s meeting in April. The proposed… Read More→
Alaska Establishes Marijuana Control Board May 7, 2015 John Hollon Alaska, Policy & Legal 0 Comments A bill signed into law Monday creates a Marijuana Control Board that will take the lead in crafting Alaska's marijuana laws. Signed by Gov. Bill Walker, House Bill 123 creates a five-member volunteer board that will craft Alaska’s marijuana regulations. It will address a wide… Read More→
Alaska Legislature Struggling to Create Marijuana Control Board April 8, 2015 John Hollon Alaska, Policy & Legal 0 Comments The public has kept a watchful eye on the marijuana crime bill circulating in Alaska’s Legislature, but regulators and industry supporters say another piece of legislation in the works is far more important to the creation of a regulated marijuana… Read More→
Alaska House Passes Bill Clarifying Municipal Marijuana Regulations April 3, 2015 John Hollon Alaska, Policy & Legal 0 Comments JUNEAU, ALASKA --Â Alaska lawmakers on Thursday took a step toward clarifying who will regulate the budding marijuana industry. The House passed House Bill 75, which would help define a municipality's role in regulating marijuana businesses, add marijuana clubs to the… Read More→
Alaska Cannabis Festival in Juneau Will Have Everything — Except Cannabis March 31, 2015 John Hollon News & Insights 0 Comments The only thing that will be missing from an upcoming cannabis celebration in Juneau is cannabis. Organizers of the Southeast Alaska Cannabis Celebration say they want to get people together in Juneau to celebrate the legalization of recreational marijuana, which… Read More→
Why Conservative Alaska Legalized Marijuana — and Who’s Next February 26, 2015 John Hollon Alaska, Policy & Legal 0 Comments On Tuesday, Alaska became the first red state to legalize the smoking, growing, and owning of small amounts of marijuana, bringing the decriminalization movement to a conservative stronghold. The frontier state narrowly approved the measure last fall, by 53 percent,… Read More→
How Alaska’s New Legalization Law Compares to All the Others February 25, 2015 John Hollon Alaska, Policy & Legal 0 Comments It officially became legal to consume and grow marijuana in Alaska on Tuesday. That means the state is the third to legalize the drug in as many years, but it is hardly the last. Voters in Oregon and Washington, D.C.,… Read More→
Alaska Bill Would Removed Marijuana From List of Controlled Substances February 19, 2015 AggregatedNews Alaska, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Under a proposed bill circulating in the Alaska State Legislature, marijuana would no longer be a controlled substance in Alaska, while new misdemeanors and fines would be created for some marijuana misconduct. An updated draft of Senate Bill 30 was… Read More→