Alaska’s Marijuana Legalization Measure 2
Photo Credit: inquisitr.com[Update: With 100% of Alaska precincts reporting, the marijuana initiative appears to have passed by 52% to 48%. Absentee and some early ballots still remain to be counted, but they are unlikely to change this result.]
Alaska’s marijuana legalization is coming to vote for a second time this decade in the 2014 elections. The initiative, Measure 2, would make recreational marijuana legal for adults and regulate it similar to alcohol.
In a related report by The Inquisitr, Florida’s marijuana legalization effort went to pot in the final 2014 elections results. Although Amendment 2 supporters vow to try again during the 2016 election, Oregon’s marijuana legalization results had the entire state buzzing.
Alaska’s ballot Measure 2 is the northern state’s initiative to legalize marijuana. If Measure 2 is passed, it would remove state legal penalties for possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by adults 21 and older and establish a regulatory framework for licensed businesses to cultivate and sell marijuana to adults, similar to the laws enacted in Colorado and Washington state.
Medical marijuana is already legal in Alaska, though the state has seen previous efforts to legalize recreational pot fail. Even though recreational marijuana would be legalized at the state level it would still remain a federal crime, according to BallotPedia.
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