Editor's Note: If the Coalition for Responsible Cannabis Legislation has anything to do with it, Alaska might just be on a path to some solid and sensible regulations. The coalition is pushing for the state to learn from what worked and didn't work in Colorado and Washington, avoid a lottery-based system and create laws (and prices) that "won't stifle businesses."
ANCHORAGE, Ak. – It's still unknown what sort of regulations will come out of Alaska's marijuana rulemaking process, but the Coalition for Responsible Cannabis Legislation wants to help shape them.
"The best thing is to keep the rules as broad as possible and let the market decide who makes it or who fails," said Bruce Schulte, a marijuana advocate and public relations chairman of the organization.
The group, made up of about half a dozen people with interest in starting marijuana businesses, wants to make sure business voices are represented when it comes to establishing rules for Alaska marijuana sales. Not technically lobbyists, but more organized than the average group of citizens, the group hopes to bring a professional voice to the conversation about how to craft marijuana rules in Alaska.
