A legislative obstacle to the approval of marijuana licenses in Alaska has emerged, threatening to delay the start of the state’s recreational cannabis industry.
The issue? Fingerprints.
The legislature must write a provision into the law but hasn’t done so yet.
Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board recently informed an applicant for a retail and cultivation license that it can’t proceed with final approval because of this issue.
There are two bills in the state legislature that would grant the board authority to conduct background checks, but representatives are gridlocked over minor differences between the two.
The chairman of the Marijuana Control Board said he is unsure whether the agency will be able to license businesses until the issue is settled, according to the Dispatch News.
Amid growing criticism, NCIA chief Aaron Smith admits missteps and hopes to move the trade group in a new direction.
I was wondering how and when this would happen. Living here in Alaska and reading the news papers (it’s a philly thing) I am not surprised at all that a simple glitch as this will delay and then finally stop recreational marijuana sales.
Its the government…They cant hire professionals??