Alaska Cannabis Industry & Policy News

Alaskan Cannabis Cultivators Denied State Services from Some Federally-Funded Agencies

Wed / May 17th

Alaska’s Division of Agriculture has put at least two applications from cannabis cultivators seeking to have their products tagged with… Read More

Alaskan Cannabis Companies Transporting Products on Commercial Flights

Fri / Apr 28th

Some licensed operators in Alaska are transporting their products on commercial airplanes with the blessing of local and airport officials,… Read More

Governors from Adult-Use States Ask Feds to Maintain Status Quo

Tue / Apr 4th

In a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, the governors of Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and… Read More

Alaska Regulators Seize CBD Products at Retail Dispensaries

Fri / Feb 10th

Alaska’s Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office have seized thousands of dollars’ worth of imported CBD oil from the state’s licensed… Read More

Alaska Officials Vote Against Public-Use at Cannabis Retail Stores

Fri / Feb 3rd

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board has voted 3-2 not to allow cannabis consumption at retail stores, according to a report… Read More

Alaska Collects First Cannabis Taxes

Fri / Jan 6th

Alaska’s legal cannabis market earned $750,851.59 from Oct 29., the day the first store opened, to Dec. 9, according to… Read More

Supply Shortages Hit Alaska’s Cannabis Retail Shops

Thu / Jan 5th

All three retail cannabis shops in Fairbanks, Alaska have been forced to temporarily close over the last three months due… Read More

First Dispensary Opens Today in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula

Mon / Nov 21st

The first recreational dispensary in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula opens today, according to a report from the Alaska Dispatch News. The… Read More

Alaska Marijuana Control Board Denies License to Company Run by ‘Outsiders’

Tue / Nov 15th

Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board has rejected its first application, according to a report by the Alaska Journal. The refusal for… Read More

Alaska’s Plan for Marijuana Handler Permits Would Shut Out Host of Applicants

Fri / Oct 28th

New proposed permit requirements for potential cannabis industry workers in Alaska are so onerous that they are “unreasonable impracticable,” with… Read More

Alaska’s First Cannabis Testing Lab Opens, Rec. Market Poised to Launch

Tue / Oct 25th

Alaska’s first cannabis testing laboratory opened up for business on Monday, launching the state further toward its official, finalized recreational… Read More

Elementary School Administrators Apologize After Urging Parents to Oppose Anchorage Dispensary

Wed / Oct 19th

Officials at an Anchorage, Alaska elementary school apologized after sending a ‘partisan’ automated phone message to parents urging them to… Read More

Study: Cannabis Legalization is So Far ‘Positive’ or ‘Negligible’ in Legal States

Sat / Oct 15th

In states that have legalized adult cannabis use, arrests for possession have plummeted, traffic fatality rates have remained stable, there… Read More

First Cannabis Retailer in Anchorage, Alaska Receives City Approval

Thu / Oct 6th

The Anchorage Assembly voted on Tuesday to approve the Arctic Herbery — a cannabis cultivation and retailer enterprise proposed by entrepreneur… Read More

Cannabis Ban Defeated in Alaska’s Cultivation Capital

Wed / Oct 5th

An attempt to outlaw commercial cannabis operations in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough — the state’s biggest marijuana cultivation hotspot, located north… Read More

Charlo Greene Faces 54 Years in Prison for Cannabis Club Proprietorship

Mon / Oct 3rd

In 2014, Charlo Greene made national headlines when she said “Fuck it, I quit” as a TV news reporter for KTVA… Read More

Alaska Approves First Cannabis Retailers and Produers

Fri / Sep 9th

The first retail cannabis shops and product manufacturers were given the green light by regulators in Alaska, the Alaska Dispatch… Read More

Industry Representative Fills Vacant Alaska Marijuana Control Board Seat

Thu / Aug 25th

The owner of a proposed Anchorage retail marijuana store has been tabbed to fill the seat on the Alaska Marijuana… Read More

First Full-Scale Cultivation Site Inspected and Approved in Juneau, Alaska

Wed / Aug 24th

Rainforest Farms has received certification to begin cannabis cultivation at their Juneau, Alaska site following a successful inspection by the… Read More

AK Marijuana Board Member Removed, Claims Officials Impeding Industry

Tue / Aug 2nd

A former member of the Alaska Marijuana Control Board alleges that his ex-colleagues and members of Gov. Bill Walker’s administration… Read More

Anchorage Assembly Approves First Commercial Grow in Alaska

Wed / Jul 27th

Anchorage, Alaska’s first commercial cannabis grow was sanctioned by the city Assembly yesterday, after lawmakers voted 10-0 to approve licenses… Read More

Alaska Poised to Award First Recreational Cannabis Licenses

Thu / Jun 9th

Marijuana regulators in Alaska are poised to award the state’s first recreational cannabis business licenses, according to an Associated Press report.… Read More

Alaska Officials Draft Regulations for Recreational Cannabis Cafes

Thu / Apr 28th

Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board agreed Tuesday on draft regulations for “on-site consumption” marijuana businesses, Alaska Dispatch News reports. Marijuana bars and cannabis… Read More

Alaska Regulators Now Accepting Cannabis Business Licenses

Wed / Feb 24th

Regulators with the Alaska Marijuana Control Board began accepting applications today for state-licensed cannabis businesses, Becky Bohrer reports for The Associated Press. Though… Read More

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