Governors from Adult-Use States Ask Feds to Maintain Status Quo
In a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, the governors of Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and… Read More
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Alaska
Alaska was the fourth state to legalize recreational cannabis sales, though they decriminalized cannabis before many other states. Now Alaska is one of the few states paving the way for future legal markets. Follow us for news coverage, business profiles, and interviews with the leading Alaskan cannabis entrepreneurs.
Alaska Regulators Seize CBD Products at Retail Dispensaries
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Alaska Cities Hope to Loosen Cannabis Business Buffer Zones
Two cities in Alaska have asked the state to revisit its policies on buffer zones for cannabis businesses. Sitka and… Read More
Anchorage Assembly Finalizes Recreational Cannabis Regulations
The Anchorage Assembly finalized regulations for the recreational cannabis industry this week, The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports. Many restrictions have been tightened —… Read More