Alaska becomes the third US state to legalize recreational marijuana
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[url]http://news.yahoo.com/alaska-pot-news-guide-marijuana-becomes-legal-alaska-231651594.html[/url]
[quote]HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
Alaskans voted 52-48 percent in November to legalize marijuana use by adults in non-public places. Possession and transportation of up to an ounce of marijuana, and growing up to six plants, half of which can be mature, is legal as of Feb. 24. The state has nine more months to create regulations for a commercial marijuana industry whose pot will be sold and taxed.
BUT WASN'T POT ALREADY LEGAL IN ALASKA?
Yes and no. A 1975 Alaska Supreme Court decision protected residents with small amounts of pot in their homes from prosecution. But state lawmakers twice criminalized any possession at all.
WHERE CAN I BUY IT?
You can't, legally, and won't be able to, for months to come. Retail sales likely won't begin until May 2016; some lawmakers are pushing for further delays.
BUT HOW CAN I GET IT?
Through a green thumb, or a good friend. The law allows people to keep all the marijuana produced by as many as six plants, and to give it away without state penalty.
WHO MAKES THE RULES?
The Alaska Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is responsible for regulations for now, but with pot already legal to grow, have and use, some lawmakers seemed a bit dazed and confused about next steps.
LOCAL CONTROL
Despite Alaska's constitutionally protected privacy rights, many communities ban alcohol even inside private homes. Some worry the initiative will bring marijuana in where alcohol has been kept out.
WHERE CAN I SMOKE IT?
Not in "public," but what that does that mean? Some state laws define it as schools, parks, prisons, businesses, and in general, anywhere accessible to "the public or a substantial group of persons." But jurisdictions are already disagreeing on the definition when it comes to marijuana.
CAN ALASKANS PACK IT IN?
Marijuana is already legal in Washington state and Colorado, and supporters are taking aim now at California, Arizona, Nevada, Maine and Massachusetts. But getting drugs to Alaska almost always requires federally-regulated transportation or shipment, so that means growing it at home for now.[/quote]
[url]http://www.alternet.org/drugs/alaska-marijuana-legalization-effect-tomorrow[/url]
"Man, my mind is getting ready for it's final Frontier" Alaskan stoners
season 9 of ice road truckers is gonna be fun to watch
[I]"I can, like, see Russia from my house, maaaaaaaaaaaan."
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Also, someone needs to open a pot den and call it 'Stoned Cold'.
Fishing, hunting, pot? Christ man, they are really trying to attract the Libertarians out there.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;47201193]Fishing, hunting, pot? Christ man, they are really trying to attract the Libertarians out there.[/QUOTE]
eh, is Alaska that much more lax on hunting or fishing? Is either illegal in any state?
im sure all 12 people there are psyched.
[QUOTE=Tone Float;47201228]eh, is Alaska that much more lax on hunting or fishing? Is either illegal in any state?[/QUOTE]
Some things are iffy, but compared to some drama I have dealt with in New York and Arizona, yeah :v:
[I]"Man we're like, using dis igloo as a hot box. How does that even work?"[/I]
now my uncle literally has no reason to come back to washington except family
So BC, on both your American borders you have legalized weed yet you still refuse to so much as think about changing things?
Never would have seen this coming 5 years ago.
I don't see any reason why weed should be illegal anymore, or really why it was illegal in the first place.
[QUOTE=Megadave;47201345]I don't see any reason why weed should be illegal anymore, or really why it was illegal in the first place.[/QUOTE]
blame big paper
[QUOTE]LOCAL CONTROL
Despite Alaska's constitutionally protected privacy rights, many communities ban alcohol even inside private homes. Some worry the initiative will bring marijuana in where alcohol has been kept out.
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Wait a fucking second, people can't drink alcohol in their own fucking homes? Fuck anyone who even suggests any type of ban on private property. Apartments is one thing but if you pay for your fucking house, you should be able to do whatever the fuck you want outside of killing or raping (and the other obvious ones).
An Alcohol ban is wrong for the same reason as the marijuana ban in terms of individual rights.
Isn't this very old? The huffpost article is from May 2014. Or is it now that the law is going into effect?
[QUOTE=i_speel_good;47201384]Isn't this very old? The huffpost article is from May 2014. Or is it now that the law is going into effect?[/QUOTE]
Yes, as stated in the second sentence, the law takes effect Feb. 24 which is today for you and tomorrow for me
Alaskans will be in like the highest state ever
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;47201323]So BC, on both your American borders you have legalized weed yet you still refuse to so much as think about changing things?
Never would have seen this coming 5 years ago.[/QUOTE]
BC doesn't have the ability to legalize weed, as that's exclusively a federal matter. However, a loophole can effectively decrminalize it, and [URL="http://sensiblebc.ca/"]Sensible BC[/URL] is a referendum movement to do just that. BC is the only province to have a citizen-initiated referendum option.
However, last time Sensible BC tried to get enough petition signatures for a valid referendum, it managed to only get [I]half[/I]. Hopefully the second round will be strengthened by the realization that we can't rely on a silent majority.
i love living in Alaska ^^
Alaska
[I]we're more free than Texas![/I]
next year's mountain men will be very interesting
Hope that high suicide rate from alcoholism drops.
Wait. People didnt know this before? I'm pretty sure AK has had some other law regarding marijuana before... and its just a repeat of what this is.
[QUOTE=i_speel_good;47201384]Isn't this very old? The huffpost article is from May 2014. Or is it now that the law is going into effect?[/QUOTE]
Thanks for pointing that out. I was trying to grab other relevant articles and didn't notice the date.
[QUOTE=Code3Response;47201577]Wait. People didnt know this before? I'm pretty sure AK has had some other law regarding marijuana before... and its just a repeat of what this is.[/QUOTE]
The law's been around, but hasn't been in effect. Alternatively, the state's been medicial for a while.
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