muskeg 's Link
Nothing new. They have always been good neighbors and pay big $'s into the local coffers.
A game changer, just look at what has happened to Colorado.
This time, an unlikely coalition of libertarians, individualists and small-government minded Republicans helped legalize recreational marijuana last fall.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/0224/Why-conservative-Alaska-legalized-marijuana.-Who-s-next
****** Why did a conservative state take a decidedly liberal position on marijuana?
Although it is a Republican stronghold, Alaskans are known for their rugged individualism and libertarianism.
"This is a conservative state, but it's a state with a heavy libertarian streak," Bickford said. "People here generally want to be left alone and really don't think the government is the solution to their problems," Taylor Bickford, a spokesperson for the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Alaska, told Vox News. ******
