Marijuana

In its Friday meeting, the state’s Marijuana Control Board adopted an amendment creating a permit option that will allow for on-site consumption.

Pot entrepreneurs will be able to grow their crop in some low-density neighborhoods, outside the city’s urban service boundary.

Ketchikan’s marijuana advisory committee will consider a temporary ban on marijuana retail sales. The local substance abuse task force says retail sales should be banned altogether. A former police officer and cancer survivor disagrees.

A zoning ordinance that allows growing commercial marijuana in low-density neighborhoods is heading back to the Juneau Assembly for public testimony.

The proposed ordinance specifies where marijuana can be grown, processed and sold. A moratorium on marijuana businesses expires at the end of the year.

Oregon becomes the third U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana use, joining Colorado and Washington. The state is also letting residents wipe their criminal records of pot charges.