FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Marijuana Control Board will discuss three different options for on-site marijuana consumption proposed by board members at its next meeting. The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports the board will meet July 11-14 in Fairbanks, to discuss proposals by board member Loren Jones, Solodtna Police Chief and board Chair Peter…
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Feds’ cannabis enforcement policy ‘confusing,’ Murkowski says
Whether the Trump administration will enforce the federal ban on marijuana in Alaska remains ambiguous. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski asked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein about cannabis policy at a hearing Tuesday. Rosenstein at times took a hard line.
Australian woman to return home this week after nearly 10 years in Bali prison
Schapelle Corby’s case captivated the Australian media when she was arrested for drug smuggling in 2004. Now she is returning home, after nearly a decade in prison and three years on parole in Bali.
Many of California’s salmon populations unlikely to survive the century
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After stern state letter and a loss, lone Anchorage pot club closes
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Return to sender: Juneau pot business blocked from mailing tax payments
The U.S. Postal Service says Alaska’s pot businesses can’t mail their state tax payments. Without guidance from the Justice Department or an act of Congress, the postal office is blocking attempts to mail tax payments to the state tax office in Anchorage.