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Alaska Program Overview (April 13, 2022)

Programs

Alaska Medical Marijuana Initiative, Measure 8 (Medical)
An Act to Tax and Regulate the Production, Sale and Use of Marijuana, Alaska Measure 2 (Adult Use)

Dispensaries

Alaska Marijuana License Search
A licensed marijuana retail store may not conduct business on or allow a consumer to access the retail marijuana store’s licensed premises between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. each day.

Geography

Canada (Medical and Adult Use)

Regulatory Agencies

Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development – Alcohol & Marijuana Control Office

Alaska Banking Stats & Guidance (April 13, 2022)

Banks: 13
Credit Unions: 20

Alaska’s cannabis industry has a residency requirement for business owners proving residency in the state for 1 full calendar year. This is to meet the obligation of Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend, which is a state dividend paid out to Alaskan residents derived from surplus revenues gained from the state’s oil and gas industries.

Adult Program Details (April 13, 2022)

3 AAC 306.355. Limit on quantity sold

(a) A retail marijuana store may not sell to any one person (21 and older) per day:

more than one ounce of usable marijuana;
more than seven grams of marijuana concentrate for inhalation; or
more than 5,600 milligrams of THC in combined sales of marijuana and marijuana products.

THC amounts in edibles are 10mg per dose and 100mg per package.
Adults may possess, grow, process and transport not more than six marijuana plants, with three or fewer being mature, flowering plants.
Alaska allows consumption lounges where board approval of an onsite consumption endorsement is given to a licensed retail marijuana store for consumption on the marijuana retail store premises.

Medical Program Details (April 13, 2022)

Prior to adult use becoming legalized, Alaskan legislature has swayed in its stance on cannabis:

In 1986, Alaska decriminalized the possession of up to 4 ounces of marijuana (113.4 grams) in the home and up to 1 ounce (28.35 grams) outside of residences.
In 1990, voters approved the Alaska Marijuana Criminalization Initiative, or Ballot Measure 2. This law made possession of small amounts of marijuana a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail or a $1,000 fine.
Current medical marijuana use limits include:
- No more than one (1) ounce of marijuana in usable form.
- No more than six (6) marijuana plants, with no more than three (3) mature and flowering plants producing usable marijuana at any one time.
- Greater than one (1) ounce quantities are allowed provided that a patient or his or her primary care-giver must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that any greater amount was medically justified to address the patient’s debilitating medical condition
Primary caregivers must be 18 or older.