{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/cbn/alaska/","compound":{"slug":"cbn","name":"CBN (Cannabinol)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabinol"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"AK","name":"Alaska"},"as_of":"2026-09-23","answer":"As of September 23, 2026, CBN (Cannabinol) is illegal to sell at retail in Alaska. Illegal outside the AMCO marijuana program: not endorsed for the industrial hemp channel (11 AAC 40.400(d)); lawful only as a licensed marij. Effective 2023-11-03. Controlling source: Alaska Statutes AS 11.71.160 (Schedule IIIA cannabinoid schedule -- 'tetrahydrocannabinols' + closed named synthetic-cannabinoid list; cannabinol/CBN absent; no structural-class catch-all).","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"illegal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Illegal outside the AMCO marijuana program: not endorsed for the industrial hemp channel (11 AAC 40.400(d)); lawful only as a licensed marij","rule_type":"permanent","tier":"concentration_cap","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":"2023-11-03","verified_at":"2026-09-23","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"AS 11.71.160(f) (Schedule IIIA): '...(3) tetrahydrocannabinols; ... (7) ...HU-210; (8) ...Dexanabinol or HU-211; (9) ...JWH-018; (10) ...JWH-073; ... (16) ...CP 47, 497, and its dimethyloctyl (C8) homologue...' (a closed named list; 'cannabinol'/CBN absent; no structural-class catch-all). -- AS 11.71.900(15): '\"marijuana\"... does not include... natural or synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol... it does not include industrial hemp as defined in AS 03.05.100.' -- AS 03.05.100(5): '\"industrial hemp\" means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including its seeds and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry-weight basis.' -- 11 AAC 40.400(d) (quoted in Division of Agriculture advisory): 'The division may not endorse a product that contains delta-9-THC or a non-naturally occurring cannabinoid, including a cannabinoid made from an ingredient extracted from industrial hemp and modified beyond its original form.'","excerpt_source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=11.71.160&secEnd=11.71.160","citations":[{"title":"Alaska Statutes AS 11.71.160 (Schedule IIIA cannabinoid schedule -- 'tetrahydrocannabinols' + closed named synthetic-cannabinoid list; cannabinol/CBN absent; no structural-class catch-all)","url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=11.71.160&secEnd=11.71.160","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"akleg.gov","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"Alaska Statutes AS 11.71.900 (definitions) + AS 03.05.076-.100 (industrial hemp: delta-9-only <=0.3% dry weight; hemp carved out of 'marijuana')","url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=03.05.076&secEnd=03.05.110","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"akleg.gov","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"Alaska Division of Agriculture Industrial Hemp Program Advisory Notice (1/31/2025) quoting 11 AAC 40.400(d) endorsement bar on non-naturally-occurring/modified cannabinoids + the prohibited-cannabinoid list (CBN absent)","url":"https://plants.alaska.gov/hemp/pdf/resources/Alaska%20Industrial%20Hemp%20Program%20Advisory%20Notice%201.31.25.pdf","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"plants.alaska.gov","type":"regulation","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[{"date":"2026-09-23","field":"status","from":"illegal","to":"restricted"},{"date":"2026-09-23","field":"status","from":"restricted","to":"illegal"},{"date":"2026-09-23","field":"status","from":"restricted","to":"illegal"},{"date":"2026-09-22","field":"headline","from":"CBN unscheduled; not named-banned. Hemp-program endorsement/registration regime gates sale; converted CBN ('modified beyond its original form') is likely un-endorsable -- a channel restriction, not a controlled-substance ban","to":"Illegal outside the AMCO marijuana program: not endorsed for the industrial hemp channel (11 AAC 40.400(d)); lawful only as a licensed marijuana product"},{"date":"2026-09-22","field":"effectively_prohibitive","from":"false","to":"true"}]}],"neighbors":[],"laws":[{"citation":"11 AAC 40.400(a), (d); 11 AAC 40.910(13), (14)","title":"11 AAC 40.400(a), (d); 11 AAC 40.910(13), (14)","official_url":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/11-AAC-40.400","source_label":"MIRROR","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-10-07","text_hash":"e7a2372e7da8d3c2ce30fe212e7ffa339175d8cb0bcebe65da04f0f7d5f9f919"},{"citation":"11 AAC 40.400(d), 40.410(b), 40.500, 40.910(14)","title":"11 AAC 40.400(d), 40.410(b), 40.500, 40.910(14)","official_url":"https://dnr.alaska.gov/ag/akpmc/pdf/11 AAC 40 - Hemp regs from FOLIO.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-10-07","text_hash":"c7c6873fa46aa62cf6eac1209bd057ab9590c2333f08baacb778bd35db2c6987"},{"citation":"Alaska DNR Division of Agriculture Industrial Hemp Program Advisory Notice (1/31/25), quoting 11 AAC 40.400, 11 AAC 40.500, 11 AAC 40.520(b)(3), 11 AAC 40.900","title":"Advisory Notice Re: Prohibition of Sale of Certain Industrial Hemp Products Intended for Human or Animal Consumption","official_url":"https://dnr.alaska.gov/ag/akpmc/hemp/pdf/resources/Alaska%20Industrial%20Hemp%20Program%20Advisory%20Notice%201.31.25.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-02","text_hash":"dac8c10e930481ccaf5cb0e54c18348c34f052ee47a2d5eacf9ff0f2a8c20028"},{"citation":"Alaska Stat. 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