Alaska: Proposed Cannabis Café Rules Now Available For Comment

I received the following alert out of Alaska:

Thanks to pressure from advocates and the public, Alaska will become the first state to allow regulated cannabis cafs later this year! The Marijuana Control Board recently published proposed rules governing the cafs and is accepting public comments. We encourage you tocheck out the rules and weigh in.

We find the proposed rules reasonable overall. They cover such areas as facilities layout, fees for cannabis cafs (currently set at $1,000 annually), and requirements for staff. Consumers could purchase marijuana for either on-site consumption in small increments, or in larger quantities to take home. A single purchase for consumption on-site would consist of one gram of marijuana flower, an edible containing up to 10 mg of THC, or a concentrate of up to 0.25 grams.

Those who wish to provide comments to the board must do so before 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 21, and should be sent either to the boards mailing address or via email atjohn.calder@alaska.gov. For more ...