Alaskans vote to legalize marijuana
Here's an interesting piece of the Alaska marijuana legal status. We just voted to legalize recreational marijuana use, which includes growing and selling marijuana. I'm happy to see it pass because possession has been legal here for a long time, but sales and distribution has not. That's a murky legal situation, which I'm happy to see cleared up.<p>But last night an article ran in our local paper stating that the Coast Guard will continue to enforce federal marijuana regulations [0]. In Alaska, that's a huge asterisk next to legalization. You can't carry marijuana on a boat, which includes the ferries in southeast and throughout the Gulf of Alaska. That also impacts all of the villages throughout the state whose main access is by river. And finally, transporting marijuana by air is against federal regulations as well. That means marijuana is essentially legalized on the road system of Alaska, which leaves much of the state in another legal limbo.<p>I look forward to the day where the entire country has a more reasonable approach to marijuana regulation.<p>[0] <a href="http://juneauempire.com/local/2014-11-03/smoke-water#.VFpFQTR4pcQ" rel="nofollow">http://juneauempire.com/local/2014-11-03/smoke-water#.VFpFQT...</a>