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While progress has been slow, last year’s passage of Carly’s Law — a CBD-focused bill — and this year’s passage of SB 67 are good indicators of changing attitudes in the Yellowhammer State. Please take a moment to encourage your legislators to support a comprehensive medical marijuana bill next year. A 2004 poll by the Mobile Register and the University of South Alabama found that 75 percent of respondents supported legalizing marijuana for medical use under a doctor’s supervision.
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https://www.mpp.org/states/alaska/
Rule making process wraps up soon
Last update: November 9, 2015
Over the past four months, the state’s Marijuana Control Board has been in the process of establishing rules for marijuana cultivators, processors, and retail shops. For the most part, the proposed rules are fair and workable. Unfortunately, they overlook several key areas we hope will be significantly improved before times runs out on November 24. Take a look at the latest set of rules available here.
The biggest problem is that adults will not have any legal place to consume marijuana, other than private residences. Unfortunately, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board early this year created a legal definition of “public” that is so absurdly broad, it bans use even at private parties and weddings. Now, the Marijuana Control Board claims that it is unable to establish licenses that allow consumption, which is simply untrue. If you agree the MCB should allow social use, voice your support for social use here. Detailed comments by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol are available here.
Please be sure to provide your own comments to the board before November 11 if you have not already done so. (In fact, you should submit written comments as soon as possible so board members have time to review and consider them before the next meeting on November 20.) Instructions for how to submit comments are available here. Beginning in 2016, marijuana will be cultivated, tested, and sold by licensed, taxpaying businesses that require proof of age instead of criminal enterprises in the underground market. For more information about Measure 2, check out this FAQ from the Alaska Department of Commerce. And you read a summary of the law here.
