Residents packed the seats and floor of the Haines Borough Assembly chambers Tuesday night to hear about the state’s proposed marijuana regulations and barriers to building a pot business in Southeast.
Cynthia Franklin, director of Alaska’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and Kevin Higgins, a Juneau-based criminal defense and family law attorney, presented on the new regulations and took questions at the Haines Chamber of Commerce-sponsored forum.
Higgins, after professing his passion for marijuana, warned the…

