Alaska voters reject local bans on legalized marijuana by wide margins
The 2014 statewide initiative that legalized marijuana allows local governments to ban pot businesses within their borders
The Cannabist (US)
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Voters in some parts of Alaska rejected efforts to ban commercial marijuana cultivation and retail sales, three years after the nation’s largest state passed a voter initiative legalizing the recreational use of the drug. The votes came during local elections in the state’s major marijuana growing areas — in and around Fairbanks and on the Kenai Peninsula southwest of Anchorage. All lost by wide margins. If the bans had been successful, they would have forced retail stores and cultivation facilities to close within 90 days and that would have left a gaping hole for other retail stores across the state in need of product. Personal use and growing pot at home for that use would still be allowed.
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