The Alaska Marijuana Control Board has scheduled a special meeting for September 22 to consider a broad package of regulatory changes, including proposals affecting marijuana purchase limits, packaging, transportation and other industry rules.
The board announced the meeting in a public notice published September 8. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Alaska time, or 10 a.m. Pacific, and will be held through Zoom.
The special meeting will focus on regulations being reviewed under Administrative Order 360, a statewide regulatory reform initiative. The Marijuana Control Board’s reform plan contains dozens of potential changes intended to simplify or eliminate existing requirements.
Among the proposals is a change to 3 AAC 306.355 that would eliminate Alaska’s daily limits of seven grams of marijuana concentrate for inhalation and 5,600 milligrams of total THC in combined marijuana and marijuana product purchases. The state’s one-ounce limit for usable marijuana would remain unchanged.
The board considered an initial draft of the purchase-limit changes during its September 2-3 meeting but adjourned after more than eight hours without taking a vote. Board Chair Bailey Stuart said at the time that she planned to schedule a special meeting before the board’s next regular meeting in November.
The broader reform plan also includes potential changes to child-resistant and other packaging requirements, marijuana transportation rules, inventory tracking provisions, labeling requirements and restrictions involving minors on licensed premises. Some proposals would consolidate existing regulations, while others would repeal specific requirements entirely.
Any regulatory changes advanced by the board would still need to proceed through Alaska’s formal rulemaking process before taking effect.
