Alaska's Rejection of Plan for Pot Use at Stores Gets Cloudy
Alaska marijuana regulators thought they had snuffed out onsite use of marijuana at retail pot shops, but there may be an ember left.
On Thursday, the Marijuana Control Board rejected rules that would have let people buy marijuana products in authorized stores and go into separate store areas to partake.
But board staff on Friday issued a clarification, saying that if retail stores have board-approved marijuana consumption operating plans, they might be valid. The clarification points to an existing regulation that says a retail store, with prior board approval, can have onsite use in a designated section of the property. That regulation was not brought up during Thursday's board debate. And the vote was seen by industry representatives as a setback in their push for onsite use.
Officials didn't know how many such plans, if any, may have been approved. They were reviewing applications and trying to get a better sense for what the board's intent may have been in any such approvals.
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