As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

(1) “board” means the Marijuana Control Board established by Alaska Stat. § 17.38.080;
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 17.38.900

  • board: means the Marijuana Control Board established by Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • consumption: means the act of ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana into the human body. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • director: means the director of the Marijuana Control Board and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • established village: means an area that does not contain any part of an incorporated city or another established village and that is an unincorporated community that is in the unorganized borough and that has 25 or more permanent residents. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • local government: means both home rule and general law municipalities, including boroughs and cities of all classes and unified municipalities. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • manufacture: has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • marijuana: means all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin, including marijuana concentrate. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • marijuana cultivation facility: means an entity registered to cultivate, prepare, and package marijuana and to sell marijuana to retail marijuana stores, to marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to other marijuana cultivation facilities, but not to consumers. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • marijuana establishment: means a marijuana cultivation facility, a marijuana testing facility, a marijuana product manufacturing facility, or a retail marijuana store. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • marijuana product manufacturing facility: means an entity registered to purchase marijuana. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • marijuana products: means concentrated marijuana products and marijuana products that are comprised of marijuana and other ingredients and are intended for use or consumption, such as, but not limited to, edible products, ointments, and tinctures. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • marijuana testing facility: means an entity registered to analyze and certify the safety and potency of marijuana. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • registration: means registration or licensure, as determined by regulation. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
  • retail marijuana store: means an entity registered to purchase marijuana from marijuana cultivation facilities, to purchase marijuana and marijuana products from marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to sell marijuana and marijuana products to consumers. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
(2) “consumer” means a person 21 years of age or older who purchases marijuana or marijuana products for personal use by persons 21 years of age or older, but not for resale to others;
(3) “consumption” means the act of ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana into the human body;
(4) “director” means the director of the Marijuana Control Board and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board;
(5) “dwelling” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 11.81.900;
(6) “established village” means an area that does not contain any part of an incorporated city or another established village and that is an unincorporated community that is in the unorganized borough and that has 25 or more permanent residents;
(7) “local government” means both home rule and general law municipalities, including boroughs and cities of all classes and unified municipalities;
(8) “local regulatory authority” means the office or entity designated to process marijuana establishment applications by a local government;
(9) “manufacture” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 11.71.900.
(10) “marijuana” means all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin, including marijuana concentrate; “marijuana” does not include fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination, the weight of any other ingredient combined with marijuana to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink, or other products, or industrial hemp as defined in Alaska Stat. § 03.05.100;
(11) “marijuana accessories” means any equipment, products, or materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, composting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, vaporizing, or containing marijuana, or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana into the human body;
(12) “marijuana cultivation facility” means an entity registered to cultivate, prepare, and package marijuana and to sell marijuana to retail marijuana stores, to marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to other marijuana cultivation facilities, but not to consumers;
(13) “marijuana establishment” means a marijuana cultivation facility, a marijuana testing facility, a marijuana product manufacturing facility, or a retail marijuana store;
(14) “marijuana product manufacturing facility” means an entity registered to purchase marijuana; manufacture, prepare, and package marijuana products; and sell marijuana and marijuana products to other marijuana product manufacturing facilities and to retail marijuana stores, but not to consumers;
(15) “marijuana products” means concentrated marijuana products and marijuana products that are comprised of marijuana and other ingredients and are intended for use or consumption, such as, but not limited to, edible products, ointments, and tinctures;
(16) “marijuana testing facility” means an entity registered to analyze and certify the safety and potency of marijuana;
(17) “registration” means registration or licensure, as determined by regulation;
(18) “retail marijuana store” means an entity registered to purchase marijuana from marijuana cultivation facilities, to purchase marijuana and marijuana products from marijuana product manufacturing facilities, and to sell marijuana and marijuana products to consumers;
(19) “unreasonably impracticable” means that the measures necessary to comply with the regulations require such a high investment of risk, money, time, or any other resource or asset that the operation of a marijuana establishment is not worthy of being carried out in practice by a reasonably prudent businessperson.
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