Marijuana reclassification and taxation | Talk of Alaska

A room afloat of cannabis plants blooms nether turn lights astatine nan indoor nursery astatine Great Titrations Cannabis dispensary and cafe successful Fairbanks, Alaska. (Valerie Lake / Alaska Public Media)

In shops crossed Alaska, income of cannabis flower and extracted products person been ineligible for astir a decade. How are growers and retailers faring successful a heavily-taxed and competitory industry? A measure advocates hoped would little taxation rates didn’t walk nan legislature, truthful what does that mean for nan industry? And what does a national alteration to reclassify marijuana mean for nan early of afloat legalization? We talk ineligible cannabis income and nan outlook for nan early connected this Talk of Alaska.

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HOST: Lori Townsend

GUESTS:

• Joan Wilson, Executive Director, Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office
• Jana Weltzin, Owner of JDW Counseling, lawyer specializing successful cannabis law, and committee personnel of nan Alaska Marijuana Industry Association
• Mike Emers, Owner, Rosie Creek Farm

Related:

• A look astatine immoderate of nan bills that grounded to walk nan Alaska Legislature this twelvemonth | Alaska Beacon
• Rosie Creek Farm
• What reclassifying marijuana intends for Americans | PBS NewsHour

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