A bill to regulate commercial marijuana, including proposed business license types, was introduced in the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015.
Alaska’s law legalizing recreational marijuana use went into effect Tuesday. While the law outlines conduct surrounding personal use, what commercialization will look like is left up to the state to figure out. The state has nine months to craft regulations for businesses.
Some details proposed in the measure:
• Businesses would need to be at least 200 feet from a church, school grounds or correctional facility.
• Retailers could sell only up to 1 ounce of pot to a single person in one day.
• Retailers would have to be closed between midnight and 8 a.m.
• Advertising couldn’t be “in a manner enticing to minors.”
• Packaging would be childproof.
• An individual dose of THC in edibles would be 10 milligrams or less.
• Integrated licenses, allowing one person to be a grower, processor and retailer at once, are proposed.
The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Alaska wrote Wednesday it was supportive of incorporating the various types of licenses. In a memo to Sen. Lesil McGuire, the campaign outlined several concerns, including the language surrounding advertising to minors.
Via adn.com
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