Data as of 2025-06-30

Alaska

Alaska voters approved adult-use cannabis through Ballot Measure 2 on November 4, 2014; the law took effect on February 24, 2015, and the first legal retail sale followed 612 days later, on October 28, 2016. The state set no statewide license cap, permits vertical integration through license stacking, and requires every licensee to be an Alaska resident eligible for the Permanent Fund Dividend, which entails roughly a year of residency. Adults 21 and over may grow up to six plants at home, and in 2019 Alaska became the first state to authorize onsite consumption at licensed retailers. Alaska levies no statewide general sales tax. Cannabis is taxed through a weight-based state excise collected at the cultivator's first transfer — $50 per ounce of mature flower — plus local-option sales taxes that typically run 5 percent. Because there is no statewide sales tax, the state publishes no statewide retail sales total, so market size cannot be stated directly from public records. As of the 2025-2026 license year the state had 214 active cultivation licenses and 196 active retail stores — 289.1 cultivators per million residents and 26.5 stores per 100,000 residents. State excise revenue rose from roughly $1.7 million in fiscal year 2017 to about $28.9 million in fiscal year 2021, then declined to about $27 million in fiscal year 2024. Active cultivation licenses are down from a 2022-2024 peak of roughly 241.

Market

Licensing & Market

Alaska had 214 active cultivation licenses (127 Standard and 87 Limited) and 196 active retail stores on the AMCO 2025-2026 renewal list. AMCO publishes active and renewal counts rather than a cumulative total of licenses ever awarded, so an awarded-versus-operational activation rate cannot be computed from public records. There are 289.1 active cultivation licenses per million residents and 26.5 retail stores per 100,000 residents. There is no statewide license cap of any category, and a license may be transferred to another person or location with Marijuana Control Board approval. Vertical integration is permitted: a single entity may stack cultivation, manufacturing, and retail licenses, though a testing facility may hold no other license type. Every licensee, and each owner of a licensed entity, must be an Alaska resident — defined by eligibility for the most recent Permanent Fund Dividend, which requires residing in the state for a full calendar year. Local-option bans are available to jurisdictions under AS 17.38.121, but AMCO publishes no single tally of jurisdictions allowing versus banning cannabis, so the share of municipalities that permit cannabis business cannot be stated. The application fee is $1,000 for every license type; the annual renewal fee is $7,000 for both a Standard Marijuana Cultivation Facility and a Retail Marijuana Store. The state tracks product through Metrc.

Field Value Source
Cultivator licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Cultivator licenses operational 214 [8]
Cultivator activation rate Not available in the public record —
Operating cultivators per million 289.1 [9]
Retail licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Retail licenses operational 196 [10]
Retail activation rate Not available in the public record —
Dispensaries per 100k 26.5 [11]
Vertical integration allowed [12]
License caps exist No [13]
Licenses transferable Yes [14]
Residency required Yes [15]
Residency duration (months) 12 [16]
Municipalities allowing Not available in the public record —
Municipalities total Not available in the public record —
Municipal opt-in rate Not available in the public record —
Track-and-trace system Metrc [17]
Cultivator application fee $1,000 [18]
Cultivator annual fee $7,000 [19]
Retail application fee $1,000 [18]
Retail annual fee $7,000 [20]
Consumers

Consumer Rules

Adults 21 and over may possess up to 1 ounce of cannabis and may cultivate up to six plants at home, with no more than three mature, and a per-dwelling cap of twelve plants. A retail store may not sell more than 1 ounce of usable flower, 7 grams of concentrate, or a combined 5,600 milligrams of total THC to any one person per day. All major product forms are legal, including flower, concentrate, and infused and edible products; edibles are capped at 10 milligrams of active THC per serving and 100 milligrams per package. Consumer home delivery is not permitted — no delivery license type exists under 3 AAC 306 — so no delivery service operates. Onsite consumption is legal: Alaska was the first state to authorize it, in 2019, through an endorsement to a retail license, with concentrate consumed onsite by vaping only. AMCO does not publish a standing count of active onsite-consumption endorsements.

Field Value Source
Home grow allowed Yes [24]
Home grow plant limit 6 [25]
Possession limit (oz) 1 [26]
Delivery legal No [21]
Delivery operational No [22]
Consumption lounges legal Yes [23]
Consumption lounges count Not available in the public record —
Purchase limit, flower (oz) 1 [27]
Purchase limit, concentrate (g) 7 [28]
Purchase limit, edibles (mg) 5600 [29]
All product forms legal Yes [30]
Restricted product forms Edibles capped at 10 mg active THC per single serving and 100 mg (10 servings) per package (3 AAC 306.560). Onsite consumption of concentrate is permitted by vaping only (no open-flame dabbing), with onsite per-day caps of 1 g flower / 25 mg THC edibles (3 AAC 306.370). No statewide product-form prohibition otherwise. [31]
Taxes

Taxation

Alaska levies no statewide general sales tax, so all consumer-facing cannabis taxation is local-option. The state cannabis tax is a weight-based excise collected at the cultivator's first transfer to a retailer or manufacturer — $50 per ounce of mature bud or flower, $25 per ounce of immature or abnormal bud, $15 per ounce of trim, and $1 per clone, with the three lower tiers added effective January 1, 2019. The tax is keyed to weight and plant part rather than THC content, so there is no potency-tiered tax. Local cannabis sales taxes run about 5 percent in the major population centers — Anchorage, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Because Alaska built only an adult-use channel and no separate regulated medical dispensary market, there is no medical tax exemption. The consumer-visible rate of 5 percent reflects only the local layer; the per-weight state excise is embedded upstream at the cultivator and cannot be expressed as a percentage of retail price, so a single blended ad-valorem rate is not computable. Cannabis excise revenue was about $27 million in fiscal year 2024, or $36.48 per resident. The revenue series rose from roughly $1.7 million in fiscal year 2017 to about $28.9 million in fiscal year 2021, then declined to about $27 million in fiscal year 2024.

Field Value Source
Excise tax Not available in the public record —
Excise tax type per weight [32]
Sales tax 0% [33]
Wholesale tax Not available in the public record —
Potency tax exists No [34]
Potency tax, flower Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, concentrate Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, edibles Not available in the public record —
Local tax (max) Not available in the public record —
Local tax (typical) 5% [35]
Total effective rate 5% [36]
Medical tax exempt No [37]
Medical tax rate Not available in the public record —
Annual tax revenue $27,000,000 [38]
Tax revenue per capita $36.48 [39]
Tax changed since legalization Yes [40]
Tax direction mixed [41]
Operators

Operator Data

Alaska has no statewide general sales tax and publishes no statewide retail cannabis sales total, so total market sales, per-capita sales, and year-over-year sales growth cannot be stated from public records. Wholesale prices are declining, according to legislative testimony from the Alaska Marijuana Industry Alliance in March 2026. The state publishes no wholesale or retail price index, so the degree of price compression and operator margins cannot be quantified from public sources — the figures that exist are proprietary point-of-sale data not used here. Active cultivation licenses stood at 214 in the 2025-2026 license year, down 27 from a 2022-2024 peak of roughly 241 — an attrition of 11.2 percent — a decline corroborated by reporting that about 25 cultivators did not renew in 2025. What the public record shows is an operating market whose dollar size is unmeasurable from state data and whose cultivation base has contracted from its peak.

Field Value Source
Wholesale flower ($/lb) Not available in the public record —
Wholesale flower period Not available in the public record —
Wholesale trend declining [42]
Wholesale price compression Not available in the public record —
Retail flower ($/oz) Not available in the public record —
Operator margin Not available in the public record —
Total market sales Not available in the public record —
Adult-use sales Not available in the public record —
Per-capita sales Not available in the public record —
YoY sales growth Not available in the public record —
License attrition (count) 27 [45]
License attrition 11.2% [46]
Peak cultivation licenses 241 [44]
Current cultivation licenses 214 [43]
Outcomes

Consumer Data

Alaska residents were served by 26.5 retail stores per 100,000 residents in the 2025-2026 license year. Retail prices are declining, according to legislative testimony documenting wholesale price collapse and competitive pressure. The state publishes no statewide retail sales total, so per-capita consumer spending cannot be stated. No public estimate of legal-market capture — the share of total consumption met by licensed retailers versus the unregulated market — has been produced; legislative and industry testimony describes an active unregulated market undercutting licensed retail on price, but no quantified capture rate is published.

Field Value Source
Per-capita sales Not available in the public record —
Dispensaries per 100k 26.5 [11]
Legal market capture Not available in the public record —
Legal capture source Not available in the public record —
Retail price trend declining [47]
Equity

Equity Programs

Alaska has no formal social equity program. AS 17.38 and the 3 AAC 306 rule set contain no equity applicant category, fee waiver, priority licensing tier, or ownership criteria, and the state has never created a cannabis social equity fund. AMCO does not collect or publish licensee ownership demographics, so minority-owned and women-owned shares of the market cannot be stated. The closest entry-cost mitigation is the Limited Marijuana Cultivation Facility tier, a small-operator license class with lower fees, not an equity program. The state directs cannabis tax revenue toward an indirect reinvestment model under AS 43.61.010, with 50 percent of the cannabis tax flowing to a Recidivism Reduction subfund and 25 percent to the Marijuana Education and Treatment Fund, but no single figure for dollars reinvested in impacted communities is published. Alaska has no statutory expungement of cannabis convictions; a 2023 Alaska Supreme Court administrative order, effective May 1, 2023, removed roughly 750 qualifying minor possession convictions from the public Courtview database. That action is a public-access removal, not a legal expungement — the records remain in Department of Public Safety criminal history.

Field Value Source
Equity program exists No [48]
Equity program type No formal social equity program [49]
Equity licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Equity licenses operational Not available in the public record —
Equity activation rate Not available in the public record —
Equity fund exists No [50]
Equity fund size Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursed Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursement rate Not available in the public record —
Minority ownership Not available in the public record —
Women ownership Not available in the public record —
Community reinvestment Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists No [51]
Expungement automatic Not available in the public record —
Expungements processed 750 [52]
Income cap for equity Not available in the public record —
Enforcement

Enforcement

Alaska tracks regulated product through Metrc and requires laboratory testing across eight categories under 3 AAC 306.645, including cannabinoid potency, moisture and water activity, foreign matter, microbials, residual solvents, pesticides, heavy metals, and mold. AMCO conducted 82 cannabis establishment inspections in calendar-year 2022, and the agency had 23 authorized permanent positions in fiscal year 2023; AMCO is a combined alcohol and cannabis agency, so that headcount is not cannabis-dedicated. Civil fines run from a $100 per-count minimum to a statutory ceiling of $50,000 per violation for a third or subsequent offense. Beyond these figures, the operational metrics of enforcement — annual enforcement actions against licensees, unlicensed-market enforcement actions, the regulatory budget, per-batch testing cost, and product-recall counts — are not published in a form that can be sourced for a public reference. This section is therefore substantially NOT_AVAILABLE — not because enforcement does not occur, but because the regulator does not report these figures in sourceable form.

Field Value Source
Track-and-trace system Metrc [17]
Inspections per year 82 [53]
Enforcement actions (licensees) Not available in the public record —
Unlicensed-market enforcement actions Not available in the public record —
Regulatory budget Not available in the public record —
Regulatory staff 23 [54]
Mandatory testing analytes 8 [55]
Testing cost per batch Not available in the public record —
Product recalls per year Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (min) $100 [56]
Fine schedule (max) $50,000 [57]
Criminal Law

Penalties & Criminal Law

Ballot Measure 2, effective February 24, 2015, made possession of up to 1 ounce and home cultivation of up to six plants lawful for adults 21 and over, converting previously criminal conduct into lawful activity. The over-limit framework under AS 11.71 was retained unchanged, and no cannabis penalty has been increased since legalization; the net direction is lighter. Possession of more than 1 ounce up to 4 ounces outside a private residence is a Class A misdemeanor carrying up to 1 year and a fine up to $10,000; possession of 4 ounces or more — roughly 113.4 grams — is a Class C felony carrying up to 5 years and a fine up to $50,000. In-home personal possession is further protected under Alaska's Ravin constitutional privacy doctrine. Unlicensed cultivation or possession of 25 or more plants is a Class C felony. Unlicensed sale of more than 1 ounce is a Class C felony, sale of less than 1 ounce is a Class A misdemeanor, and delivery to a person under 19 by someone at least three years older is a Class B felony carrying up to 10 years and a fine up to $100,000. Public consumption is a violation punishable by a fine of up to $100. Alaska sets no per se THC blood limit for impaired driving, relying instead on an effect-based "under the influence" standard. Eligible cannabis convictions are not expunged; the only relief is the 2023 removal of roughly 750 minor possession convictions from the public Courtview database. The ACLU, using 2018 federal arrest data, calculated a Black-to-white cannabis-possession arrest disparity of 1.56 to 1. Annual post-legalization arrest counts are available only through secondary federal reporting (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting and NIBRS) that may undercount; that series, preserved in the underlying time series, ranges widely year to year, and its most recent year, 2024, shows 45 arrests against 158 the year before, with 2024 likely reflecting incomplete agency reporting.

Field Value Source
Max penalty, unlicensed cultivation Cultivating or possessing 25 or more marijuana plants is Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree (AS 11.71.040) — a Class C felony, punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment and a fine up to $50,000. (Personal cultivation of up to 6 plants per adult, max 12 per dwelling, is lawful under AS 17.38.020; cultivating over the personal limit but under 25 plants is a violation, fine up to $750 under AS 17.38.030.) [58]
Max penalty, unlicensed sale Unlicensed sale/delivery of more than one ounce is Fourth-Degree Misconduct (AS 11.71.040), a Class C felony, up to 5 years and $50,000. Sale/delivery of less than one ounce is Fifth-Degree Misconduct (AS 11.71.050), a Class A misdemeanor, up to 1 year and $10,000. Delivery to a person under 19 by someone 3+ years older is Third-Degree Misconduct (AS 11.71.030), a Class B felony, up to 10 years and $100,000. [59]
Felony threshold (grams) 113.4 [60]
Felony threshold type possession [61]
Penalty, possession over limit Possession of more than 1 oz up to 4 oz outside a private residence is Fifth-Degree Misconduct (AS 11.71.050), a Class A misdemeanor, up to 1 year and $10,000. Possession of 4 oz or more is Fourth-Degree Misconduct (AS 11.71.040), a Class C felony, up to 5 years and $50,000. (1 oz or less is lawful for adults 21+; in-home personal-use possession is further protected under Alaska's Ravin constitutional privacy doctrine.) [62]
Penalty, public consumption Consuming marijuana in public is unlawful under AS 17.38.040 — a violation punishable by a fine of up to $100. [63]
DUI per se limit (ng) Not available in the public record —
DUI zero tolerance No [64]
Penalties increased post-legalization No [65]
Penalty direction lighter [66]
Penalty direction details Ballot Measure 2 (2014, effective Feb 24, 2015) legalized possession of up to 1 oz and home cultivation of up to 6 plants for adults 21+, converting previously criminal conduct into lawful activity. The over-limit criminal framework (AS 11.71) was retained unchanged — no cannabis penalty has been increased since legalization. In 2023 the Alaska Supreme Court (administrative order, effective May 1, 2023) removed roughly 750 minor possession convictions from the public Courtview database (a public-access removal, not a legal expungement). [67]
Post-legalization arrests (annual) 45 [68]
Racial disparity ratio 1.56 [69]
Expungement exists No [51]
Expungement automatic Not available in the public record —

Sources

  1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Alaska https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/AK
  2. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau / USPS standard abbreviation for Alaska https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/AK
  3. ↑ Most recent license dataset: AMCO 2025-2026 List of Licenses to be Renewed (renewals due June 30, 2025) https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco/marijuanalicensing.aspx
  4. ↑ AS 17.38 (2014 Ballot Measure 2) took effect Feb 24, 2015 (90 days after the Nov 4, 2014 election was certified). AMCO History of Marijuana Control https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco/
  5. ↑ [SECONDARY] Alaska's first legal adult-use retail sale occurred Oct 28, 2016 (Pakalolo Supply Co., Fairbanks); first AMCO retail license issued Oct 4, 2016. Anchorage Daily News https://www.adn.com/alaska-marijuana/2016/10/29/
  6. ↑ CALC: first sale (2016-10-28) minus legalization effective date (2015-02-24) = 612 days.
  7. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, Vintage 2024 Population Estimate for Alaska = 740,133 (July 1, 2024) https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/AK
  8. ↑ AMCO 2025-2026 List of Licenses to be Renewed: 127 Standard Marijuana Cultivation Facility + 87 Limited Marijuana Cultivation Facility = 214 active cultivation licenses https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco/marijuanalicensing.aspx
  9. ↑ CALC: 214 active cultivation licenses / (740,133 / 1,000,000) = 289.1 per million residents.
  10. ↑ AMCO 2025-2026 List of Licenses to be Renewed: 196 Retail Marijuana Store licenses https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco/marijuanalicensing.aspx
  11. ↑ CALC: 196 licensed retail marijuana stores (AMCO 2025-2026 renewal list) / (740,133 / 100,000) = 26.5 per 100K residents https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco/marijuanalicensing.aspx
  12. ↑ 3 AAC 306 permits license stacking — a single entity may hold cultivation, manufacturing and retail licenses; vertical integration is allowed but not required (testing facilities, by contrast, may hold no other license type). AMCO Marijuana Regulations (eff. 5/29/2025) https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  13. ↑ 3 AAC 306 and AS 17.38 contain no statewide numeric cap on the number of marijuana licenses of any category. AMCO Marijuana Regulations (eff. 5/29/2025) https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  14. ↑ 3 AAC 306.045 — a marijuana license may be transferred to another person or location with the written consent of the Marijuana Control Board after full vetting of the transferee https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  15. ↑ 3 AAC 306.015 — every licensee (and each owner/officer/director/shareholder of a licensed entity) must be an Alaska resident, defined as eligible for the most recent Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend under AS 43.23 https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  16. ↑ 3 AAC 306.015 ties residency to PFD eligibility under AS 43.23, which requires residing in Alaska for a full calendar year (~12 months) with intent to remain indefinitely https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  17. ↑ 3 AAC 306.730 / 3 AAC 306.330 require a board-implemented marijuana inventory tracking system; AMCO's implemented system is Metrc. AMCO Marijuana FAQs https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco/marijuanafaqs.aspx
  18. ↑ 3 AAC 306.100(a) — $1,000 non-refundable marijuana establishment application fee (all license types) https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  19. ↑ 3 AAC 306.100(d)(3) — annual fee for a renewed Standard Marijuana Cultivation Facility is $7,000 (new license $5,000). Limited Cultivation renewal is $1,400 https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  20. ↑ 3 AAC 306.100(d)(1) — annual fee for a renewed Retail Marijuana Store is $7,000 (new license $5,000) https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  21. ↑ 3 AAC 306.310 — a retail marijuana store may sell only to a consumer physically present on the licensed premises; no consumer home-delivery license type exists in 3 AAC 306 https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  22. ↑ Consumer delivery is prohibited under 3 AAC 306.310, therefore none operates https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  23. ↑ 3 AAC 306.370 — the Marijuana Control Board may approve an onsite-consumption endorsement for a licensed retail marijuana store; Alaska was the first state to authorize statewide onsite consumption (2019) https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  24. ↑ AS 17.38.020(2) — adults 21+ may grow not more than six marijuana plants (three or fewer mature/flowering). AMCO copy of AS 17.38 https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/AS17.38.pdf
  25. ↑ AS 17.38.020(2) — six plants per adult (max 3 mature); per-dwelling cap of 12 plants (max 6 mature) https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/AS17.38.pdf
  26. ↑ AS 17.38.020(1) — possession of one ounce or less of marijuana is lawful for adults 21+ https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/AS17.38.pdf
  27. ↑ 3 AAC 306.355(a)(1) — a retail marijuana store may not sell more than one ounce of usable marijuana to any one person per day https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  28. ↑ 3 AAC 306.355(a)(2) — no more than seven grams of marijuana concentrate for inhalation per person per day https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  29. ↑ 3 AAC 306.355(a)(3) — daily cap of 5,600 mg total THC in combined sales of marijuana and marijuana products per person (a per-day aggregate ceiling, not edible-specific) https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  30. ↑ 3 AAC 306.355 / 306.560 / 306.370 — flower (usable marijuana), concentrate, and edible/infused products are all permitted product forms https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  31. ↑ 3 AAC 306.560 (edible single-serving ≤10 mg THC; package ≤100 mg / 10 servings) and 3 AAC 306.370 (onsite concentrate consumption by vaping only) https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  32. ↑ AS 43.61.010 — weight-based marijuana excise levied at the cultivator-to-retailer/manufacturer transfer: $50/oz mature bud/flower, $25/oz immature/abnormal bud, $15/oz trim, $1/clone (lower tiers eff. Jan 1, 2019). Confirmed in Alaska Division of Legislative Audit, MCB Sunset Audit Report 08-20137-24, Exhibit 2 https://legaudit.akleg.gov/wp-content/docs/audits/sunset/dcced/20137-SUNSET-DCCED-MCB-FINAL.pdf
  33. ↑ Alaska levies no statewide general sales tax; cannabis point-of-sale taxation is local-option only. Alaska Dept of Revenue Tax Division https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/dcra/officeofthestateassessor/alaskataxfacts.aspx
  34. ↑ AS 43.61.010 — the marijuana excise is based on weight and plant part, not THC potency; no potency-tiered tax exists https://legaudit.akleg.gov/wp-content/docs/audits/sunset/dcced/20137-SUNSET-DCCED-MCB-FINAL.pdf
  35. ↑ Anchorage Municipal Code Ch. 12.50 (voter Proposition 2, 2016) — 5% retail cannabis sales tax; 5% is the standard rate in the major population centers (Anchorage, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Mat-Su) https://www.muni.org/Departments/finance/treasury/programtaxes/MarijuanaTax/Pages/Default.aspx
  36. ↑ Consumer-visible point-of-sale tax in the dominant market (Anchorage) is the 5% local cannabis sales tax (Anchorage Municipal Code Ch. 12.50). NOTE: the state excise is a per-weight cultivator tax (~$50/oz) embedded upstream and is not expressible as a percentage of retail price; 5% reflects only the consumer-facing local layer https://www.muni.org/Departments/finance/treasury/programtaxes/MarijuanaTax/Pages/Default.aspx
  37. ↑ Alaska established only an adult-use regulated retail market (Ballot Measure 2, 2014); there is no separate regulated medical dispensary channel and thus no medical tax exemption. AMCO https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco/
  38. ↑ [SECONDARY] Alaska Business Magazine, 'Flower Power' (Dec 2024), citing Alaska Dept of Revenue FY2024 (ended June 30, 2024): cannabis excise tax of 'just more than $27 million.' See _timeseries for FY2017-FY2024 https://digital.akbizmag.com/issue/december-2024/flower-power/
  39. ↑ CALC: $27,000,000 FY2024 cannabis excise / 740,133 population = $36.48 per capita.
  40. ↑ AS 43.61.010 — the $50/oz mature-flower rate (set 2016) is unchanged, but lower weight tiers ($25/oz immature, $15/oz trim, $1/clone) were ADDED effective Jan 1, 2019 https://legaudit.akleg.gov/wp-content/docs/audits/sunset/dcced/20137-SUNSET-DCCED-MCB-FINAL.pdf
  41. ↑ AS 43.61.010 — the headline $50/oz mature rate is unchanged since 2016; the 2019 addition of lower tiers reduced the burden on trim/immature product, so the net change is mixed. (HB 91 / SB 73, proposing a cut to $12.50/oz plus a 6% retail sales tax, was pending in 2025-2026 and is NOT enacted.) https://legaudit.akleg.gov/wp-content/docs/audits/sunset/dcced/20137-SUNSET-DCCED-MCB-FINAL.pdf
  42. ↑ [SECONDARY] The Alaska Current, 3/19/2026 — legislative testimony (Alaska Marijuana Industry Alliance) that wholesale cannabis prices have collapsed as the market matured while production costs rise https://thealaskacurrent.com/2026/03/19/legislators-consider-cutting-pot-taxes-but-the-industry-is-split-on-move-to-sales-tax/
  43. ↑ AMCO 2025-2026 List of Licenses to be Renewed: 127 Standard + 87 Limited = 214 active cultivation licenses https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco/marijuanalicensing.aspx
  44. ↑ [SECONDARY] Alaska Dept of Labor & Workforce Development, Alaska Economic Trends (Dec 2022), citing AMCO: 135 standard + 106 limited = 241 cultivation facilities (the 2022-2024 plateau, used as a peak proxy) https://labor.alaska.gov/trends/dec22.pdf
  45. ↑ [SECONDARY] Derived: peak ~241 cultivation licenses (2022-2024, Alaska Dept of Labor citing AMCO) minus 214 active (AMCO 2025-2026 renewal list) = 27; corroborated by The Alaska Current report that 25 cultivators did not renew in 2025 https://thealaskacurrent.com/2026/03/19/legislators-consider-cutting-pot-taxes-but-the-industry-is-split-on-move-to-sales-tax/
  46. ↑ CALC: 27 lost cultivation licenses / 241 peak = 11.2%.
  47. ↑ [SECONDARY] The Alaska Current, 3/19/2026 — documented wholesale price collapse and competitive pressure pushing licensed retail prices down https://thealaskacurrent.com/2026/03/19/legislators-consider-cutting-pot-taxes-but-the-industry-is-split-on-move-to-sales-tax/
  48. ↑ AS 17.38 and 3 AAC 306 contain no social-equity licensing provisions (no equity applicant category, fee waiver, priority tier, or ownership criteria); Alaska has never created a cannabis social equity program https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  49. ↑ No formal social equity program exists in AS 17.38 or 3 AAC 306 https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/3%20AAC%20306%20-%20Marijuana%20Regulations%20%28Effective%205.29.2025%29.pdf
  50. ↑ AS 43.61.010 — the only statutory marijuana-tax subfunds are the Recidivism Reduction subfund (50%) and the Marijuana Education and Treatment Fund (25%); no cannabis social-equity fund exists https://legaudit.akleg.gov/wp-content/docs/audits/sunset/dcced/20137-SUNSET-DCCED-MCB-FINAL.pdf
  51. ↑ No statutory expungement of marijuana convictions exists in Alaska. The 2023 Alaska Supreme Court administrative order (eff. May 1, 2023) removed qualifying possession convictions from the public Courtview database only — records remain in Dept of Public Safety criminal history. [SECONDARY] Alaska Beacon https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/02/21/alaska-court-system-rules-change-will-remove-hundreds-of-marijuana-convictions-from-courtview/
  52. ↑ [SECONDARY] Alaska Court System administrative order (eff. May 1, 2023) removed roughly 750 qualifying marijuana possession convictions (defendant 21+, ≤1 oz, no other charges) from public Courtview — a public-access removal, not legal expungement. Alaska Beacon https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/02/21/alaska-court-system-rules-change-will-remove-hundreds-of-marijuana-convictions-from-courtview/
  53. ↑ Alaska Division of Legislative Audit, MCB Sunset Audit Report 08-20137-24 (2024), Enforcement Activities table: 82 marijuana establishment inspections in CY2022 (94 in CY2021) https://legaudit.akleg.gov/wp-content/docs/audits/sunset/dcced/20137-SUNSET-DCCED-MCB-FINAL.pdf
  54. ↑ Alaska Division of Legislative Audit, MCB Sunset Audit Report 08-20137-24 (2024), p.2 — AMCO had 23 authorized permanent full-time positions in FY2023 (incl. 8 investigators, 6 licensing examiners); AMCO is a combined alcohol + marijuana agency https://legaudit.akleg.gov/wp-content/docs/audits/sunset/dcced/20137-SUNSET-DCCED-MCB-FINAL.pdf
  55. ↑ 3 AAC 306.645 / 306.340 — eight required test categories: cannabinoid potency (THC, THCA, CBD, CBDA, CBN), moisture/water activity, foreign matter, microbials (STEC E. coli, Salmonella, Aspergillus), residual solvents (concentrates), pesticides/chemical residue, heavy metals, and mold/mildew/filth https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/3-AAC-306.645
  56. ↑ Marijuana Control Board Fine Schedule (adopted by reference under 3 AAC 306.840) — administrative per-count minimum civil fine of $100 https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/3-AAC-306.840
  57. ↑ 3 AAC 306.840(b) — the board may impose a civil fine not to exceed the greater of the fine-schedule amount, three times the monetary gain, or $10,000 (first) / $30,000 (second) / $50,000 (third or subsequent violation) https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/3-AAC-306.840
  58. ↑ AS 11.71.040 (cultivating/possessing 25+ marijuana plants = Class C felony) read with AS 17.38.020/.030 (personal cultivation limits and $750 violation). Class/term confirmed in Alaska Dept of Law Controlled Substance Statutes Reference Chart (3/1/2023) https://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=33&docid=1740
  59. ↑ AS 11.71.030 / .040 / .050 — sale >1 oz = Class C felony (5 yr/$50k); sale <1 oz = Class A misdemeanor; delivery to under-19 by someone 3+ years older = Class B felony (10 yr/$100k). Alaska Dept of Law Controlled Substance Statutes Reference Chart (3/1/2023) https://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=33&docid=1740
  60. ↑ AS 11.71.040 — possession of 4 ounces or more of marijuana (~113.4 g) is a Class C felony. Alaska Dept of Law Controlled Substance Statutes Reference Chart (3/1/2023) https://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=33&docid=1740
  61. ↑ AS 11.71.040 — possession threshold (4 oz) is the field value; the distribution felony threshold is lower (>1 oz). Alaska Dept of Law Controlled Substance Statutes Reference Chart (3/1/2023) https://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=33&docid=1740
  62. ↑ AS 11.71.050 (1-4 oz public = Class A misdemeanor) and AS 11.71.040 (4 oz+ = Class C felony), read with AS 17.38.020. Alaska Dept of Law Controlled Substance Statutes Reference Chart (3/1/2023) https://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=33&docid=1740
  63. ↑ AS 17.38.040 — consuming marijuana in public is a violation punishable by a fine of up to $100 https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/AS17.38.pdf
  64. ↑ AS 28.35.030 — Alaska uses an effect-based 'under the influence' standard for drug DUI; there is no per se THC or zero-tolerance metabolite standard (the numeric per se limit applies only to alcohol) https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#28.35.030
  65. ↑ AS 17.38 (2015) decriminalized personal amounts while retaining the pre-existing AS 11.71 framework for over-limit conduct; no cannabis penalty has been increased since legalization. Alaska Dept of Law Controlled Substance Statutes Reference Chart (3/1/2023) https://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=33&docid=1740
  66. ↑ AS 17.38.020 (2015) made previously criminal possession (≤1 oz) and cultivation (≤6 plants) lawful; combined with the 2023 Courtview removal of ~750 minor convictions, the net direction is lighter https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/Archive26/MCB/StatutesAndRegulations/AS17.38.pdf
  67. ↑ AS 17.38.020 legalization (eff. Feb 24, 2015) plus the Alaska Court System's 2023 public-Courtview removal of ~750 minor possession convictions. [SECONDARY] Alaska Beacon https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/02/21/alaska-court-system-rules-change-will-remove-hundreds-of-marijuana-convictions-from-courtview/
  68. ↑ [SECONDARY] NORML, Alaska Marijuana Arrests, compiling FBI Uniform Crime Reporting / NIBRS submissions: 45 marijuana arrests in CY2024 (158 in CY2023; 2024 may reflect incomplete agency reporting) https://norml.org/marijuana/library/state-marijuana-arrests/alaska-marijuana-arrests/
  69. ↑ [SECONDARY] ACLU, 'A Tale of Two Countries: Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform' (2020, 2018 FBI UCR data) — Alaska's Black-to-white marijuana possession arrest disparity is ~1.56x, among the lowest of any state https://www.aclu.org/report/tale-two-countries-racially-targeted-arrests-era-marijuana-reform
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