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Alaska Becomes 3rd State With Legal Marijuana
Smoking, growing and possessing marijuana becomes legal in America's wildest state Tuesday, thanks to a voter initiative aimed at clearing away 40 years of conflicting laws and court rulings. Making Alaska the third state to legalize recreational marijuana was the goal of a coalition including libertarians, rugged individualists and small-government Republicans.
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Cannabusiness: Alaska Still Figuring Out Legal Pot
Although Alaska will now join Washington, Oregon and Colorado among the ranks of the enlightened, the ink was barely dry on the new law before local governments moved to forestall or even reject its implementation within their jurisdictions, since Measure 2 includes an “opt out” provision.
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Anchorage, Alaska Votes to License Hash Cafes
In one of the earliest moves to resolve a central contradiction of US cannabis legalization laws, the Anchorage, Alaska city council has reiterated its opposition to cannabis consumption in public places — except for licensed cannabis cafes. Civil fines for smoking in all other public places will be $100 per infraction.
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Instafire: Darby Glass In-Line Bubbler
Behold this crazily worked in-line bubbler by Darby Andrews glass. These are the pipes that you bust out to define yourself in the headspace.
November Elections: The State of Legalization in the U.S. 2014
This November's general elections were of great importance to weedists in the States, as 3 different states and the capital: Oregon, Alaska, Florida and Washington D.C. voted on measures to loosen restrictions on cannabis use. So what is the fate of our favorite herb in these 4 locations after polls closed? Let's check the results.
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Oregon and Alaska Are Ground Zero for Pot Fight
From slick video ads online to scrawled chalk messages on college campus sidewalks, intense get-out-the-vote drives are mobilizing in Oregon and Alaska to legalize retail sales of marijuana to anyone old enough to drink. If young people 18 to 29 years old vote like they did in 2012...
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Alaska's Marijuana Ballot Measure Language Proves Explosive Issue for Dueling Campaigns
Opponents of marijuana legalization are concerned that if Alaska's Ballot Measure 2 passes, Alaskans would see an increase in butane hash oil, and with that, an increase in explosions in its production, although proponents argue the dangerous method of extraction could be strictly regulated.
Drug Policy Reform Looms Large on Nov. Ballots
This upcoming election season should prove to be of great importance in regards to legalizing cannabis, and de-fanging the wildly overblown "drug war" mentality that has locked this country into decades of wrongful prosecutions and ill-advised polices.
Charlo Greene Says "F*ck It" and Quits TV to Run Cannabis Business
Greene finished her statement with a mic dropping sign off that can only be described as badass, "And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, fuck it, I quit."
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'F**k It': Reporter Makes the Most Epic Cannabis Reveal Live on Air
KTVA Anchorage reporter Charlo Greene threw down the gauntlet live on-air in Alaska in support of legalizing cannabis by saying she was the owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club ... And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, fuck it, I quit."
Alaska, Oregon, and DC: A Marijuana Legalization Trifecta in 2014?
Marijuana legalization initiatives are on the ballot in two states -- Alaska and Oregon -- and the District of Columbia. For the marijuana reform movement, 2014 is a chance for a legalization trifecta on the way to an even bigger year in 2016...
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Here's Why Marijuana Legalization Just Might Keep the Senate Blue
John Hudak reports Alaska and Oregon will vote whether to legalize marijuana this November, and regardless of the outcomes, the presence of those initiatives will likely drive younger and more liberal & libertarian
Alaska Marijuana Initiative Trails in Poll
The people trying to legalize marijuana in Alaska are in for a tough battle, if the most recent Public Policy Polling survey is any indicator. That poll...
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Public Debate of Ballot Measure 2 Will Help Alaskans Weigh Marijuana Legalization
Alaska Common Ground is hosting a free public forum on the Alaska's marijuana legalization initiative, ballot measure 2. The forum will present a balanced panel with experts discussing the pros and cons of the initiative...
Campaign to Regulate Marijuana in Alaska Unveils New Bus Ads
The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol In Alaska unveiled a series of bus ads yesterday in Anchorage that highlight the relative safety of marijuana compared to alcohol.
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Alaska Will Vote on the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana in November
Since Colorado began selling legalized recreational marijuana January 1, 2014, and Washington followed on July 8, 2014, the rest of the country has been wondering which state will be next, and while Oregon has been on the tips of most people’s tongues, it could also be Alaska that becomes the next to capitalize on the so-called “green rush.”
DC Marijuana Initiative Hands in Plenty of Signatures
It now looks extremely likely that the residents of the nation's capitol will vote in November on whether to legalize the possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana. Representatives of the DC Cannabis Campaign legalization initiative handed in some 58,000 signatures Monday morning, and they only need some 22,000 valid voter signatures to qualify for the ballot.