Photos: Marijuana Control Board meets in Anchorage

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Mika Day (left) and Eric Fischer stand outside the Atwood Building with signs and a flag to protest marijuana regulations on Monday Aug. 10, 2015 during a break in the Marijuana Control Board meeting on Aug. 10, 2015. At the meeting, businesses that received cease and desist letters were able to give testimonies to the board.

The Marijuana Control Board on Monday laid out its most comprehensive set of draft regulations yet for Alaska's fledgling cannabis industry, including a proposal that would ban marijuana social clubs, even as owners of existing clubs spoke out against any actions by the state that would shutter their doors.

The newly-created board is holding a two-day meeting at the Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage, and heard Monday morning from business owners who had been sent cease-and-desist letters by the state.

"We're not criminal actors," Green Rush Events co-owner Corey Rorem told the board.

Five of the six businesses that were sent letters testified to a packed room that held around 70 audience members. Only the Alaska Cannabis Club did not attend.

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