Alaska attorney general: Marijuana social clubs are illegal
Alaska's attorney general has weighed in on whether or not marijuana social clubs – unlicensed venues where people consume cannabis, which sprang up in the aftermath of Alaska's vote to legalize marijuana – are legal.
"The answer is no," Alaska Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth wrote in a Wednesday opinion.
The 14-page document is addressed to Chris Hladick, commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, who requested the legal opinion.
"If that place is not a licensed retail marijuana store, consuming marijuana there is unlawful," Jahna Lindemuth, Alaska attorney general, wrote in the opinion.
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