Bill requiring background checks for marijuana sellers in limbo

Marijuana businesses are scheduled to open in June, after the state issues licenses. But there’s a hitch – the state won’t issue licenses until the Legislature passes a bill that allows for national criminal background checks, among other provisions. And  that bill is currently in limbo.
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Cannabis Plant. (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)The Alaska Marijuana Control Board has put the brakes on issuing licenses until it can do national criminal backgrou