{"id":7691,"date":"2017-09-02T19:26:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T19:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com?p=2774680&amp;preview_id=2774680"},"modified":"2017-09-02T19:26:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T19:26:38","slug":"made-in-alaska-program-welcomes-marijuana-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/made-in-alaska-program-welcomes-marijuana-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMade in Alaska\u201d program welcomes marijuana businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/made-in-alaska-program-welcomes-marijuana-businesses\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>JUNEAU, Alaska \u2014 The state-sponsored \u201cMade in Alaska\u201d program that allows a business to use a featured logo if its products are made in the state is accepting applications from marijuana businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The Juneau Empire reported (http:\/\/bit.ly\/2gsrGM8) Friday that marijuana businesses are still barred from using the official \u201cAlaska Grown\u201d label put on state agricultural products because that program receives federal funding. But the \u201cMade in Alaska\u201d program, whose label features a polar bear and a black bear, does not receive federal funding, which is why it can be opened to marijuana businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Cary Carrigan, leader of the Alaska Marijuana Industry Association trade group, said the \u201cMade in Alaska\u201d decision matters because it\u2019s a sign the state is continuing to normalize its attitude toward marijuana and treat marijuana businesses the same as others.<\/p>\n<aside> <\/aside>\n<aside> <\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>The state-sponsored &#8220;Made in Alaska&#8221; program that allows a business to use a featured logo if its products are made in the state is accepting applications from marijuana businesses. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6811,6813,77,5667,9,5019,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[6816,6818,2655,5673,5022],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}