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Posted by CN Staff on April 17, 2013 at 05:41:13 PT By Rob Hotakainen and Lisa Demers, ADN Source: Anchorage Daily News 
Anchorage -- Alaska voters may get the chance next year to make their state the third in the country to approve the recreational use of marijuana by adults 21 and older.Backers of the move on Tuesday took the first step toward getting the measure on the August 2014 primary ballot. Three prime sponsors of the effort filed their application for an initiative petition along with signatures from what they say are at least 100 other supporters with the state lieutenant governor's office. The group is led by Tim Hinterberger, an associate professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The other two prime sponsors are Bill Parker and Mary Reff, according to Gail Fenumiai, state elections director. The measure would tax and regulate marijuana sales and allow Alaskans to cultivate marijuana for personal use. Among other things, it would allow the Legislature to create a Marijuana Control Board, though until then, the Alcohol Beverage Control Board would regulate marijuana sales. Alaskans age 21 and older could legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana under the proposal, or six marijuana plants, three of which could be mature. If state officials decide everything's in order after a 60-day review, backers will have until mid-January to get signatures from another 30,169 people -- 10 percent of the number who voted in the last general election -- to force a vote, said Steve Fox, the national political director of the Marijuana Policy Project, a pro-legalization group in Washington. The Marijuana Policy Project is working with the local committee. The signatures would have to be gathered from at least 30 of the state's 40 House districts, under procedures specified in the state constitution. Alaskans rejected a legalization initiative in 2004, with only 44 percent of the state's voters backing the idea. But Alaska's marijuana laws are among the most liberal in the nation. In 1975, the state's Supreme Court ruled that a person's privacy included the right to possess up to 4 ounces of marijuana in his or her home -- which is more than the new proposal would allow. Snipped Complete Article: http://drugsense.org/url/RX7AcJSi Source: Anchorage Daily News (AK) CannabisNews -- Cannabis Archives Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help
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| Comment #4 posted by museman on April 18, 2013 at 10:42:59 PT |
| Nice to see, but I wish they would dive a bit deeper into history so everyone can see that this is not a recent development but part of an ongoing plan that has been in place since before recorded history. But; The Truth Shall Set You Free! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by HempWorld on April 18, 2013 at 08:24:06 PT |
| That was very good! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by afterburner on April 17, 2013 at 19:45:39 PT |
| The Propaganda System That Has Helped Create a Permanent Overclass Is Over a Century in the Making.
By Andrew Gavin Marshall, AlterNet.
April 12, 2013.
Pulling back the curtain on how intent the wealthiest Americans have been on establishing a propaganda tool to subvert democracy READ MORE»
http://www.alternet.org/media/propaganda-system-has-helped-create-permanent-overclass-over-century-making?akid=10328.313040.3FzPmQ&rd=1&src=newsletter825186&t=17 We are digging up their roots. We are planting the garden of truth and freedom. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by HempWorld on April 17, 2013 at 08:58:47 PT |
| liberal in the nation. In 1975, the state's Supreme Court ruled that a person's privacy included the right to possess up to 4 ounces of marijuana in his or her home -- which is more than the new proposal would allow." A. Why is this proposal more limiting than the current laws? This seems strange to me, is it done to 'buy' votes? B. Who is going to check and enforce the plant limit on all the mom and pop growers? [ Post Comment ] |
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