FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker says he’s confident the rule-making process for commercial marijuana sales can proceed on time.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the announcement comes two weeks after Walker said he was considering a 90-day delay in implementing a regulatory system for legal marijuana sales.
Walker says in a statement issued Tuesday that officials assured him the timelines can be met as outlined in the ballot initiative passed by voters in November.
Ballot Measure 2 decriminalizes the possession, use and non-sale transfer of up to an ounce of marijuana when the new law takes effect Feb. 24.
The initiative also set in motion the legalization and permitting of marijuana sales. That is the process Walker discussed delaying earlier in December at a Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
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