Alaska 3rd state to legalize recreational use of Marijuana

[Jumper_Dad]

Marijuana Is Officially Legal In Alaska

 

Marijuana is now legal for adults in Alaska.

 

Alaska on Tuesday becomes the third U.S. state to end prohibition of marijuana, officially putting into effect Ballot Measure 2, approved by 53 percent of state voters in November.

 

Alaskans age 21 and older may now legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana, grow as many as six marijuana plants in their homes (with no more than three flowering), and possess any additional marijuana produced by those plants.

 

Shops selling legal recreational marijuana aren't likely to open until 2016, after the state legislature establishes a regulatory framework. State lawmakers have begun introducing legislation to that end.

 

"State laws allowing adults to use marijuana are becoming less and less of a novelty," said Mason Tvert, communications director for drug policy reform group Marijuana Policy Project. "It won’t be long before it’s the rule instead of the exception nationwide. Colorado and Washington are proving that regulating marijuana works, and soon Alaska will, too.”

 

The Marijuana Policy Project, a backer of the Alaska ballot measure, is launching a public education campaign reminding marijuana users to "consume responsibly," with ads that read: "With great marijuana laws comes great responsibility.”

 

“Most adults use marijuana for the same reasons most adults use alcohol,” Tvert said. “We want them to keep in mind that it carries the same responsibilities.”

 

Voters in Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C., passed similar marijuana laws last year, joining Colorado and Washington state, which legalized recreational marijuana in 2012 and opened retail shops in 2014.

[PurplePride92]

Isn't it in Alaska where the woman quit during her weather report on the news in order to fully get behind the legalization of marijuana?

[spindoc]

Baked Alaskans.

[theguru]

3 states today, how many states will it be 5 years from today? 10 years?

 

^ Who knows, but it will be a lot of states.

[lawildcat]

Mark Twain says it will happen here dead last....

[Jumper_Dad]

3 states today, how many states will it be 5 years from today? 10 years?

 

^ Who knows, but it will be a lot of states.

 

5 years- 10-15 states

10 years- 20+ states

 

Unless Feds start enforcing Federal Law...then we could be back to zero

[cathbird]

Mark Twain says it will happen here dead last....

 

When the world ends I want to be in Cincinnati.

[LRCW]

When the world ends I want to be in Cincinnati.

 

 

Stay close. I'm betting it won't be too long now.

[ColonelCrazy]

3 states today, how many states will it be 5 years from today? 10 years?

 

^ Who knows, but it will be a lot of states.

 

From the article itself:

 

Despite the conflicted federal stance, legal marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in the U.S., according to a recent report from industry analyst ArcView Group. At least 10 more states are considering legalizing marijuana by 2016. By 2020, there could be as many as 18 states where recreational marijuana is legal.

 

When regulated marijuana sales begin next year in Alaska, the industry is likely to generate millions in tax revenue. According to a recent study, as much as $8 million in marijuana taxes could flow into state coffers in the first year of sales, with more than $20 million projected by 2020.

[Wireman]

The Deadliest Catch should be interesting next season.

[ColonelCrazy]

Alaskan River Cruise prices just skyrocketed.

[spindoc]

I look for an uptick in Brown Bear attacks.

[TAC]

Just came back from Denver. People are in the zone. Had one waitress admit she was a little baked.

[UKMustangFan]

Only a matter of time before it hits all 50 states.

[BigVMan23]

So, why doesn't KY start planting 1000's of acres of hemp right now! It's against federal law and something like $7,000 fine per plant...something crazy like that I read. problem with the feds not enforcing law is it's easier to justify breaking another law seen as "dumb". And to be honest, the hemp law is dumb. And it would be hard for the Feds to justify upholding the illegal to grow hemp law while ignoring the marijuana law, I think anyway.