According to the Lab director, Stephen Goldman, PhytaTech has completed our facelift project and would like to thank everyone  for their patience and understanding.

He says: “The sample turnaround time will be back to our normal quick times this week (chemical tests in 2-3 days and microbiological tests in 3-4 days). Please, if you have extra time, stop in the lab to see the improvements we’ve made.”

He reminded people that: “Remember we are the only cannabis laboratory in the state that can test
plant tissue for macro and micro nutrients. These testing programs are cheap and invaluable for your nutrient programs! Call us today to find out more. We now take credit card payments and have aggressive discount programs in place. No hassle, just get your discounts applied moving forward. Let us know if you have any questions.”

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Kentucky’s general election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, and the candidates for governor and attorney general have all been talking about cannabis policy. Here’s a brief overview of what they’ve been saying:

In the race for governor, incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin (R) has indicated support for medical cannabis, but he has been harshly critical of Colorado and other states that have legalized for adult use. During a recent debate, he asked, “How’s that working out for Illinois?” [https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2019/10/03/watch-matt-bevin-andy-beshear-kentucky-governor-debate/3839776002/] (Illinois’ legalization law does not take effect until January 1, 2020.) The Democratic candidate, Attorney General Andy Beshear, has indicated strong support for medical cannabis, and Libertarian candidate John Hicks supports legalization for both medical and adult use.

When the two candidates for attorney general appeared on KET’s “Kentucky Tonight” on October 14 [https://wfpl.org/election-2019-your-guide-to-the-kentucky-attorney-general-candidates/], Daniel Cameron (R) said, “I think we need a discussion about medical marijuana,” but he seemed to defer to law enforcement on the issue, saying, “I think they’re a little bit leery.” Former Attorney General Greg Stumbo (D) said he strongly supports medical cannabis, and he will “push for and advocate” decriminalizing possession of small amounts. Notably, Stumbo sponsored a medical cannabis bill during his time in the General Assembly.

Finally, in the race for treasurer, challenger Michael Bowman (D) supports medical cannabis and has called for “a conversation” about legalization [https://wfpl.org/election-2019-your-guide-to-the-kentucky-treasurer-candidates/]. A web search did not reveal any public comments on the issue from incumbent Allison Ball (R).

State legislators do not face re-election this year, but now would be a great time to remind them that you want to see Kentucky pass a medical cannabis law in 2020! Write your legislators today.

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As more products are developed, new technologies are now used to accomplish
different product purities. One of these techniques is called distillation.
In distillation, components in a complex mixture are separated by heating
to their specific boiling points and then cooled to condense in a
collection vessel.

Highly controlled distillation methods result in high purity distillates,
free of contaminants. PhytaTech can provide knowledgeable assistance in the
development of distillation methods and apparatus to produce purified
cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids.

We have compiled useful information for our clients to use during product
development. One example of this is a boiling point infographic, located
below. In the boiling point diagram, the complexity of the cannabinoids
that are evaporated increases as temperature is increased. The same is true
for terpenes. Some cannabinoids, like THC and CBD, have a temperature range
at which they boil, which overlap those of some terpenes. Interestingly,
CBD has an average boiling point of 170°C/338°F which is considered the
“sweet spot” for vaporizing cannabinoids.

What does all this mean? The purity of your distillates will depend on
close monitoring of your temperatures. Are you achieving 95% or greater
purity in your distillates? Are you closely monitoring your temperatures?
Are you concerned about heat degradation of your distillates? What is the
pressure of your system? These types of questions can help standardize your
batch to batch control.

Though cannabinoids and terpenes have similar boiling points, terpenes are
usually lost in the first evaporative fraction (the heads) and last
fractions (the tails) of the distillation waste. Flavonoids have
significantly higher boiling points than either cannabinoids or terpenes,
and are also lost in the heads and tails.

read more on the Phyta Tech Website

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Maine’s Secretary of State tweeted on January 1 that they received a signed proclamation for Question 1 from the office of Governor Paul LePage. The proclamation said that the initiative would become a law in 30 days from the signed date, December 31 – So effectively, from Monday 30 Janauary 2017.

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Leading up to the election, recreational marijuana was legal in only four states, namely: Alaska, Georgia, Oregon and Washington, including Washington D.C.

With the addition of these three states, the percentage of Americans living in states where marijuana use is legal for adults rose abouve 20 percent, from a measely 5 percent.

The victories could spark similar efforts in other states and put pressure on federal authorities to remove marijuana from Schedule II which labels it as a “dangerously addictive drug with no medical benefits.”

Overall, the legalization in the US has drastically improved with Florida, North Dakota and Arkansas approving medical marijuana measures. Montana voted on whether to ease restrictions on its existing medical marijuana law.

In general, the proposals for recreational cannabis would treat it similar to alcohol. Consumption would be limited to people aged 21 or older and forbidden in most public spaces. Pot would be highly regulated and heavily taxed, with some states allowing people to grow their own.

Support is rising even though some public health experts warn that studies on the drug is insufficient and that law enforcement lack reliable tests and protocols to determine whether a driver is impaired by marijuana.

Overall, the results of the marijuana referendums were hailed as historic by legalization activists, given that California is the most populous state. Massachusetts became the first state east of the Rockies to join the movement.

Collectively, it was the closest the U.S. has ever come to a national referendum on marijuana, which remains prohibited under federal law.

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Dopamine

Kowal conducted experiments on 40 regular users of cannabis. The control group of 20 non-users were given a placebo. Kowal studied the direct and chronic effects of marijuana on dopamine-related functions, such as creative thinking and the ability to recognize one’s own mistakes. The brain chemical dopamine is important for the proper working of the brain and also plays a role in learning performance.

Less good at brainstorming

Kowal’s research showed that cannabis users were less able to brainstorm, a mental process that is crucial for creative performance:

There is a widespread belief among users that these drugs enhance creativity. This experiment disproves that belief.

Poor at recognizing mistakes

Kowal also demonstrated that for chronic users the brain processes involved in monitoring mistakes also work less effectively. A high dose of marijuana seems to influence both the unconscious processing of mistakes and also the later and more conscious stages of error processing.

It is important that we gather more knowledge about the effects of cannabis on a person’s ability to detect mistakes. This can help with putting together a treatment program for drug addiction.

Lower dopamine production

The research also indicated clear long-term effects: cannabis disrupts the activity of dopamine in the brain. With chronic users a significant reduction was seen in the frequency of spontaneous eye blinking, an indication of a reduction in dopamine production.

More Research Required

The conclusions from other scientific research is that regular marijuana use does not necessarily have extremely negative effects for the take-up of dopamine. It may well be that the age at which cannabis is first used is a crucial factor, Kowal suggests. The type of cannabis and the way neurobiological processes interact with one another can also result in individual difference.

More research is needed on the effects of cannabis and on the individual consequences it can have on mental functions.

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Law Enforcement

Police and prisons have been fighting legalization for some time. Many marijuana activists believe this is an attempt to keep the war on drugs alive. This is due the the fact that the war or drugs has been a great source of income for law enforcement.

Since cannabis legalization has spread, private prison companies in the U.S. have gone down $2 billion in value. Programs like the DEA’s Cannabis Eradication Program provide local and state police with large sums of cash for cracking down on drugs like marijuana.

Big Pharma

The pharmaceutical industry has been dropping big bucks to keep medical marijuana as inaccessible as possible.

What they fail to mention is how marijuana use is linked to a reduction in opioid abuse while individuals are dying from opioid overdoses across the U.S.

In states which have legalized marijuana, many people suffering from debilitating pain are choosing marijuana as a pain reliever instead of prescribed medicines. Is Big Pharma trying to protect people or are they going after the money?

Alcohol Industry

Drinking alcohol is 114 times more dangerous than smoking cannabis. With statistics like this surfacing, it’s really no surprise that the alcohol industry is trying to keep marijuana illegal.

According to a document published by Wikileaks, the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America to get funding for combating marijuana’s legalization.

WSWA cited a report on increased drunk driving incidents involving marijuana in Colorado. The Study they cited didn’t conclude marijuana was the cause of any fatalities, just that more people involved in vehicular deaths had marijuana in their system.

The Beer Distributors PAC, representative of 16 beer distribution companies in Massachusetts, gave $25,000 to a campaign against marijuana legalization. Arizona Wine and Spirits Association also gave a group fighting legalization in Arizona $10,000.

Conclusion

It’s hard to believe these industries are fighting marijuana seriously if it’s the plant standing between them and their profits. One way you can fight back is by voting for one of the nine marijuana initiatives on the November ballot.

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Vaporizing Cannabis

To vaporize cannabis, you will need to heat the flower or concentrate between 250ºF (121ºC) and 400ºF (204ºC). Heating cannabis too much will result in combustion. Once cannabis is ignited, it releases compounds like benzene that have been linked to cancer and tar deposits in the throat and lungs.

By vaporizing cannabis, you are reducing the harms associated with smoke while still receiving many of the medical benefits. Despite this, only 8% out of 30,000+ who were surveyed reported using vaporizers. Vaporizing is currently the best way to prevent harms from cannabis use.

The study made several observations that may shed light on how vaporizing cannabis is leading to a decrease in nicotine dependency.

The Spliff

When you roll a marijuana join but add tobacco to the mix. Regular cannabis smokers are more susceptible to nicotine dependency because of how common it is to mix cannabis with tobacco. In Europe, for example, the spliff is the most common way cannabis is consumed.

Daily Pot Use Linked to Nicotine Dependence

According to a different study, published in the same journal in 2005, regular cannabis use increased the likeliness of people 24 or older to become dependent on tobacco more than threefold.

The study concluded that: “Weekly or more cannabis use during the teens and young adulthood is associated with an increased risk of late initiation of tobacco use and progression to nicotine dependence.”

It’s worth nothing that vaporization was not an option for cannabis user when this study was conducted.

Vaporize Tobacco?

The 2015 study found that out of 96 people only two reported ever having combined tobacco and cannabis in their vaporizers. The researchers believe that the use of vaporizers may lead to a disconnection between marijuana and tobacco use.

Conclusion

Once tobacco dependence sets it, it’s a whole mission to overcome it. The best way to battle that addiction is by never allowing it to arise. If cannabis vaporization leads to a decrease in tobacco dependency, it would be a better choice. Cigarette smoking is currently the second largest killer in the United States.

Many doctors don’t recommend marijuana to their patients. This may be due to the fact that they know it could lead to a higher risk of nicotine or tobacco dependency. Medical marijuana use is spreading across the United States. Additionally, vaping could reduce the possibility of nicotine and tobacco dependence. Some of the dangers of combustion smoking would also be mitigated.

Nations that had the highest rate of vaporizer usage were found to be least likely to combine tobacco and marijuana. This combination seems to make individuals more likely to develop a dependency to tobacco. Therefore, anything that will lead to a disconnect between pot and cigarettes is worth looking into. The researchers from the study are calling for more research on vaping.

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The Details

Researchers looked at data from 1999-2013. They paid special attention to deadly car crashes where the drivers involved testing positive for opioid use. The study looked specifically at drivers between the ages of 21 and 40.

After analyzing all the data, the researchers found some important trends. The most important one was that states with legal medical marijuana had fewer deadly car crashed involving opioids.

Researchers reached two primary conclusions. First, medical marijuana may help to reduce the number of drivers who get in fatal crashes wile using opioids. And second, they said that medical cannabis may also reduce opioid use and abuse in general.”Operational [medical marijuana laws] are associated with reductions in opioid positivity among 21- to 40-year-old fatally injured drivers and may reduce opioid use and overdose,” researchers wrote

Cannabis vs. Opioids

This is the latest study to examine whether or not cannabis could be a safe alternative to prescription opioids. A study published earlier this year reported that opioids are some of the most heavily prescribed drugs in the U.S. Opioid sales in the country has quadrupled in 1999. The rise in opiid prescriptions is contrasted by opioid addiction.

That same study found that there are nearly 2 million Americans currently abusing prescription opioids. About 16,000 people die every year from opioid overdoses. To make matters worse, many people who become addicted to prescription opioids eventually switch to heroin.

The problem is becoming so bad that many people are calling it an “opioid epidemic.” In light of all these problems, there’s an increasing interest in marijuana’s ability to replace opioids. And so far, studies like the one just published by the Mailman School of Public Health suggest that cannabis might be a safer solution.

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Both tested doses of the drug, epidiolex, were found to have induces a statistically significant improvement in reducing seizures in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), GW said on Monday.

LGS is a disease that is characterized by seizures, impaired intellectual functioning, developmental delays and behavioral disturbances.

The drug had already succeeded in another late-stage study in LGS and GW has also announced positive results from a late-stage study on patients with Dravet syndrome, another severe form of epilepsy.

GW said it expects to submit a marketing application for the drug to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in the first half of 2017. If approved, it could become the first drug in the country to be made from organic cannabis.

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The Study

The background of the study explains that isn’t the first time the correlation between marijuana use and weight was undertaken; however, most research in the past had critical flaws. Unlike those, the researchers here were careful to establish control on the following:

• physical activity,
• socioeconomic status, and
• alcohol use.

All of these factors are important considerations on body weight.

With that in mind, data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health was used to examine the relationship between marijuana use and body mass index (BMI) over time. Using a variety of tests, including waist circumference, the data was collected to compare the body mass index of marijuana users to those who do not use it.

Results of the examination showed that for both men and women, marijuana use was associated with a lower body mass index; that is, being thinner. For men, marijuana users’ BMI were 2.7 percent lower than non-users. For women, the difference was even greater at 3.1 percent less.

In their conclusion, the researchers note that the importance of the study should not go to waste. For one, the association between marijuana use and body mass has medical implications that are important for both the healthcare community as well as policy makers. Secondly, the fact that these results contradict the conclusions of other studies done in the past highlights the importance of controlling for other variables; these previous studies, the researcher’s note, left important factors unaddressed that may have invalidated their results.

Conclusion

The study end with a call for more research on this topic. Researchers should also examine the mechanisms by which marijuana may contribute to a lower BMI. These findings, however, are not entirely a surprise. In fact, the results are actually in line with some other data that has come out of the past. A 2011 study, for example, also found a correlation between cannabis use and lower body weight. Given the massive obesity problem in the United States, finding any and all methods to help alleviate the problem could not come sooner.

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Lynch made the statement during a town hall meeting in Richmond, Ky., where she discussed the dangers of opioid abuse with a group of high-school teens. In the course of that discussion, talk soon turned to the question of cannabis. Tyler Crafton, a student at Madison Central high School, asked Lynch whether she thought that recreational use of cannabis among high school kids would lead to opioid abuse.

“There are a lot of discussion about marijuana these days,” Lynch responded. “Some states are making it legal, people are looking into medical uses for it, and I understand that it sill is as common as almost anything. When we talk about heroin addiction, we usually, as we have mentioned, are talking about individuals that started out with a prescription drug problem, and then because they need more and more, they turn to heroin.It isn’t so much that marijuana is the step right before using prescription drugs or opioids.”

“If you tend to experiment with a lot of things in life,” Lynch added, “you may be more inclined to experiment drugs.”

If that additional statement strikes you as backtracking – well, it does seems like it. But then Lynch followed up with what could be one of the most important quotes about cannabis this election season.

“It’s not as though we are seeing that marijuana is a specific gateway.” she said.

That comment is consistent with the National institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which notes that the majority of people who use cannabis do not go on to use other, harder substances. When Lynch talked about opiates with the high school students, she said that opioid painkillers could actually be the gateway drug.

The mythical “gateway theory” was originally fabricated by federal Bureau of Narcotics Commissioner Harry Anslinger. in the 1930s, Anslinger specifically rejected the notion that cannabis led consumers to stronger drugs. “The marijuana addict does not go in that direction,” he told Congress. A decade later, Anslinger reversed himself and established the gateway theory as a way to prop up the marijuana threat. Most young heroin addicts, he testified, “took to the needle when the thrill of marijuana was gone.”

The gateway theory has been debunked by countless government studies. Here are two examples: 1944 LaGuardia Commission report; and the 1999 Institute of Medicine report. As researchers with the federal Institute of Medicine reported: “There is no conclusive evidence that the drug effects of marijuana are causally linked to the subsequent abuse of other illicit drugs.”

Lynch’s statement itself didn’t exactly come as a blow. Americans have known since the 1940s that the gateway theory is nothing but a hoax. The surprise is that a U.S. attorney general took so long to acknowledge that very basic and proven fact.

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Native Americans are a sovereign nation, meaning their tribes have the power to govern themselves like states do. That is why they can have marijuana resorts in states where it is illegal to cultivate and sell marijuana.

The Santee Sioux Tribe

The Santee Sioux tribe was the first to begin growing marijuana in an integrated operation for selling. The tribe of 400 planned to marijuana profits for housing, a clinic, and addiction treatments.

The tribe is located in South Dakota, where cannabis is illegal. After the tribes first weed crops began to grow they voted to suspend their marijuana operation.

The tribe was turning a former bowling alley into a marijuana dispensary and lounge but had to halt their plans after receiving heat from state officials.

Attorney General Marty Jackley said that any changes to the tribal law would only affect tribal members, meaning any tourists or non-tribal members smoking pot on tribal land still risked prosecution. The same goes for anyone returning to state land with marijuana in their system.

“After government-to-government consultation with the United States, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is temporarily suspending its cannabis cultivation and distribution facilities.

This suspension is pivotal to the continued success of the marijuana venture, and Tribal leadership is confident that after seeking clarification from the United States Department of Justice, it will be better suited to succeed.

The Tribe will continue to consult with the federal and state governments, and hopes to be granted parity with states that have legalized pot. The Tribe intends to successfully participate in the marijuana industry, and Tribal leadership in undaunted by this brief sidestep.”

The tribe then burned their first marijuana crops to remain on good terms with the federal government. Apparently, sources shared with the tribal officials that Feds were going to raid their operation in exactly two week.

A tribe in California was raided and had 12,000 cannabis plants seized, crumbling their entire operation. The Santee Sioux tribe is likely attempting to avoid a similar fate.

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

The members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, approved a plant to build a facility on their reservation in central Oregon late last year.

“Our main purpose is to create jobs on the reservation and produce revenue for the tribes,” said Don Sampson of the tribes’ economic development corporation. “We think we will have a model other tribes will look to as they investigate this business and industry.”

Legal pot sales in Oregon have only begun this year so we’ll have to wait and see if the tribes makes the $26 million in revenue estimated by the end of this year.

The Final Hit

Since the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is operating in a legal state they might not get raided. However, dispensaries and grow operations in legal states have been raided in the past. With marijuana remaining federally illegal, it’ll never be completely safe for anyone to cultivate and sell marijuana without repercussions.

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Looking for Cannabis Growers

To make cannabis more accessible to researchers, the DEA is now accepting applications to become a federally approved cannabis grower. Anybody who gets this approval would essentially be contracted to grow weed for federally approved research projects.

You’d think this would be a gold mine and that thousands of people would jump at the chance to land one of these potentially huge contracts. So far, however, there have been no applicants.

In fact, one source report that tons of universities have turned down invitations to become DEA-sanctioned growers. Schools like Cornell, University of Kentucky, Virginia Tech, Michigan State, a few University of California campuses, Colorado State University, and many more have all said no when the DEA asked them if they wanted to start growing marijuana.

It seems landing one of these contracts would be a big deal. So why isn’t anyone taking up the DEA’s offer? It turns out the DEA’s anti-cannabis rules are already sabotaging any effort to improve cannabis research.

Expensive Security Requirements

One of the biggest problems is that it is extremely difficult and expensive to meet the government’s security requirements for growers. Anybody with a federal contract to grow marijuana for cannabis research has to comply with a strict set of rules to ensure the grow site meets the DEA’s security regulations.

One expert said that the infrastructure necessary to meet those requirements would cost several million dollars. And that’s just the construction cost. Maintaining all that security is entirely another expense.

Remember, this is before anybody gets around to cultivating any cannabis. At this point, the DEA’s security requirements are way too expensive to make becoming a grower a feasible idea.

Where Will Growers Get Their Plants and Seeds?

Assuming somebody has enough money lying around to build DEA-approved growing facilities, there’s still the problem of where they’d get their plants and seeds. Since cannabis is still illegal at the federal level, a DEA-approved grow operation wouldn’t be allowed to pick up seeds or plants from any non-approved supplier.

It could get plants from the federal government’s current marijuana grow site at the University of Mississippi. However, the genetic range of cannabis available to researchers would stay the same.

A lot of scientists have already said that relying on University of Mississippi cannabis limits the amount of research they can do. Simply growing more of the same stuff already being grown wouldn’t help to advance cannabis research.

The DEA’s refusal to reclassify cannabis is making it impossible for DEA-approved researchers to further cannabis research.

What About Private Growers?

Even if universities don’t want to go through all the trouble of becoming a DEA-approved grower, what about the grow operations already turning product? Most of them already have the security in place to satisfy the DEA’s requirements. So could one of them grow for the government?

It does seem like an obvious solution but the DEA already sabotaged this possibility as well. The agency said that it would consider whether or not a grow applicant had “engaged in an illegal activity involving controlled substances… Regardless of whether such activity is permissible under state law.

Since cannabis is illegal at the federal level, any and all existing grow operations is already breaking federal laws. The DEA would also count it against them pretty heavily. As a result, experts think it’s unlikely that an already existing grow operation would get DEA approval.

The Conclusion

Many in the cannabis community were disappointed by the DEA’s decision last month. But many of them thought that the DEA’s focus on improving research is a positive step.

Unfortunately, it looks like the DEA’s promise to make cannabis more accessible to researchers was nothing but an empty promise. That’s because the DEA’s own rules and make it practically impossible for anyone to become a new federally approved grower.

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The state’s Marijuana Control Board also is expected to discuss whether certain retail stores will be given permission to have areas where customers can smoke marijuana – a key issue since tourists and others would otherwise be prohibited from doing so in public.

Here is a look at where Alaska stands on cannabis sales:

What Happened so Far?

Regulators have been writing rules for the industry since last year, after a voter initiative approved recreational use of cannabis by those 21 and older. The Marijuana Control Board has approved about 50 licenses for marijuana business operators so far, but no licenses have been approved yet for retail outlets.

Started on Wednesday, the board will consider dozens more license applications, including requests from people who want to open stores to sell marijuana and those who want to manufacture marijuana products.

When Will I Be Able to Buy Cannabis at a Retail Store in Alaska?

Unfortunately, there is no clear estimate.

Retail stores should open by year’s end, but the timing will depend in part on when stores have a supply of cannabis approved by laboratories that is legal for sale, said Cynthia Franklin, director of the state Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office.

The marijuana board has focused first on licensing people to grow marijuana and the labs that will test it.

Then ext step is to approve retail outlets and product manufacturers.

Will Alaska Cannabis Cafes be Allowed?

This is one of the biggest unanswered questioned that the Marijuana Control Board has before it.

Earlier this year, it proposed allowing cannabis shops to sell cannabis for use at the shops – like bars sell alcohol.

However, the board retreated from that stance in July after one member expressed concerns and proposed a narrower plan that would allow people to buy cannabis products to smoke, inhale or consume in food, like a brownie, in an authorized store and go into a separate are to partake. They would be allowed to take resealed unused portions with them.

The board has been trying to find a way to accommodate tourists. Public consumption is banned except for authorized stores, and the proposed rule for onsite use has yet to be finalized.

Franklin said many people who have submitted comments on the proposal oppose allowing people to smoke marijuana in authorized stores.

If Alaska approves allowing people to consume marijuana in the stores, it would be among the first U.S. states approving recreational cannabis use at retail marijuana outlets.

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