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BEHIND ALASKA’S LEGALIZATION ADVENTURE: AN INTERVIEW WITH TIM HINTERBERGER

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 04/21/2015 - 11:54

The Last Frontier took its place as one of the first on the cannabis-legalization frontier, becoming one of just four states and the District of Columbia that have legalized use and possession of the plant, when the state’s voters passed Ballot Measure 2 during the November 2014 elections.

Marijuana officially became legal in the state Feb. 24, and adults (ages 21 and over) can now legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana and cultivate up to six plants in their homes. (Public consumption remains illegal.) Key to the measure—as in other states that have legalized recreational use and commercial sale of marijuana—is the establishment of a regulated (taxable) commercial cannabis business.

The state legislature is in the process of developing and refining regulations surrounding the commercial market and is slated to wrap up final details by this fall.

Advocates of Measure 2 continue to work with the legislature as these regulations are developed to...

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