Christine Green
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Update: Alaska's Marijuana Control Board ended its historic June meeting Friday afternoon after approving most of the grower licenses on its agenda and voting to open up future discussions about advertising and out-of-state investment.
On Thursday, the state's first-ever commercial marijuana businesses were approved. On Friday, the board picked up where it left off, jumping into cultivation license approvals.
CannTest CEO Mark Malagodi and lab scientist Jonathan Rupp sit before the Marijuana Control Board on June 9, 2016. CannTest was the first canna-business to receive state approval in Alaska. (Laurel Andrews / ADN)
Twenty cultivator licenses remained before the board and those were overwhelmingly approved.
Public attendance was markedly reduced Friday, but the audience still applauded after every single business approval.
Standard marijuana licenses, which are allowed unlimited square footage, were approved first.
The standard-size growers approved were: Alaskan Greenery in Valdez; Dream Green Farms in Anchorage; Rainforest Cannabis Cultivation in Ketchikan; Northern Lights Indoor Gardens LLC in Sitka; Elevated Innovations LLC in Fairbanks; Parallel 64 LLC in Anchorage; Tanana Herb Co. LLC in Fairbanks; Alaskan Bud Brothers Aerogardens LLC in Kasilof; Pakalolo Supply Co. Inc. in Fairbanks.
State approvals are contingent on local government approvals, which includes a 60-day protest period that must run its course or be waived before a business can open its doors.
Tanana Herb Co. had received its local approval the night before, director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office Cynthia Franklin said, to the cheers of the audience. That makes the company one of the first to have crossed both hurdles.
Tanana Herb Co. owner Leslea Nunley and consultant Sam Hachey said they felt triumphant and relieved after the vote.
They were driving back to Fairbanks Friday afternoon. "Yep, we've got work to do," Nunley said.
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Author: Laurel Andrews
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On Thursday, the state's first-ever commercial marijuana businesses were approved. On Friday, the board picked up where it left off, jumping into cultivation license approvals.
CannTest CEO Mark Malagodi and lab scientist Jonathan Rupp sit before the Marijuana Control Board on June 9, 2016. CannTest was the first canna-business to receive state approval in Alaska. (Laurel Andrews / ADN)
Twenty cultivator licenses remained before the board and those were overwhelmingly approved.
Public attendance was markedly reduced Friday, but the audience still applauded after every single business approval.
Standard marijuana licenses, which are allowed unlimited square footage, were approved first.
The standard-size growers approved were: Alaskan Greenery in Valdez; Dream Green Farms in Anchorage; Rainforest Cannabis Cultivation in Ketchikan; Northern Lights Indoor Gardens LLC in Sitka; Elevated Innovations LLC in Fairbanks; Parallel 64 LLC in Anchorage; Tanana Herb Co. LLC in Fairbanks; Alaskan Bud Brothers Aerogardens LLC in Kasilof; Pakalolo Supply Co. Inc. in Fairbanks.
State approvals are contingent on local government approvals, which includes a 60-day protest period that must run its course or be waived before a business can open its doors.
Tanana Herb Co. had received its local approval the night before, director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office Cynthia Franklin said, to the cheers of the audience. That makes the company one of the first to have crossed both hurdles.
Tanana Herb Co. owner Leslea Nunley and consultant Sam Hachey said they felt triumphant and relieved after the vote.
They were driving back to Fairbanks Friday afternoon. "Yep, we've got work to do," Nunley said.
News Moderator: Christine Green 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/cannabis-north/2016/06/10/marijuana-control-board-overwhelmingly-approves-licenses-as-it-wraps-up-historic-meeting/
Author: Laurel Andrews
Contact: dhulen@alaskadispatch.com
Photo Credit: None Found
Website: Alaska News, Politics, Outdoors, Science and Events - Alaska Dispatch News
