The Alaska Medical Marijuana Act allows the registered qualifying patient to cultivate/grow six (6) marijuana plants, with no more than three (3) mature and flowering plants producing usable marijuana. If the patient has specified and authorized a primary caregiver to cultivate marijuana for him, the caregiver can cultivate the same quantity of marijuana plants at any one time for each qualifying patient.
If the quantity of marijuana is in excess of the statutory-mandated amount, the qualifying patient or his primary caregiver must prove by a preponderance of evidence that a greater amount is medically justified in order to address the patient’s debilitating medical condition.
The cultivation of the marijuana plants either by the qualifying patient or the primary caregiver must be done in an enclosed locked facility.