Now that Alaska's first commercial cannabis harvest is underway, readers want to know: When will marijuana shops open?
"We're just weeks away," said Cynthia Franklin, executive director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office, on Tuesday. "This is happening."
In Fairbanks, Frozen Budz is nearly done building its retail store, co-owner Destiny Neade wrote Tuesday. Frozen Budz was the first retailer approved by the state and will likely have its final inspection next week.
"Then it's just a waiting game until the labs are running," Neade wrote.
Across the state, testing facilities are the linchpin marijuana growers and retailers need for moving forward. The first harvests can't reach retail stores until that marijuana goes through the crucial step of lab testing for potency and potential microbials.
