Alaska Cannabis Industry Cites Uncertainty Under Gov. Dunleavy

Dunleavy has made new appointments to the five-member Marijuana Control Board while also planning to propose repealing its existence.

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Anchorage Daily News
February 21, 2019

JUNEAU — Alaska’s new governor has no plans to change marijuana legalization, a spokesman said Wednesday, even as the Republican administration’s appointments and proposal for a state regulatory board worry some in the legal cannabis industry.

Spokesman Matt Shuckerow also said that Gov. Mike Dunleavy has no desire to push the industry in one direction or the other.

Dunleavy has made new appointments to the five-member Marijuana Control Board while also planning to propose repealing its existence.

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