Photos: Alaska board OKs marijuana use in retail pot shops

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Marijuana Control Board vice chair Mark Springer discusses a motion with other board members at the Legislative Information Office in Anchorage on Friday, November 20, 2015. The board is finalizing commercial marijuana regulations.

The Marijuana Control Board voted to allow consumption of marijuana at retail stores, which, if approved by Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, would make Alaska the first state to permit a regulated area for marijuana consumption outside of a person's home or other private spaces.

The change allows for people to buy marijuana at a retail store and consume it in a designated area on the premises.

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