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Sep 22nd, 2004 04:07 PM
kellychaos Environment-friendly baby seal meat ... made of tofu.
Sep 21st, 2004 07:05 PM
Ant10708 Their list is old and not updated
Sep 21st, 2004 06:28 PM
Preechr Absolutely un-insurable. Complete fire hazard.

State laws vary
Sep 21st, 2004 04:29 PM
kellychaos Coolest new develoment? Hemp igloos.
Sep 21st, 2004 04:18 PM
Bobo Adobo Good News. What are the other 11 states?
Sep 21st, 2004 09:47 AM
KevinTheOmnivore They're also a source of some of the biggest government waste projects in the country. But eh.....
Sep 20th, 2004 05:36 PM
Preechr
Alaskans are cool.

Alaska Supreme Court OK's marijuana use

Juneau, AK, Sep. 15 (UPI) -- The state Supreme Court has affirmed the rights of Alaskan adults to possess four ounces of marijuana for personal use in the home.

The ruling lets stand a Court of Appeals' August 2003 decision that determined a ballot initiative passed by voters in 1990 outlawing any amount of the drug to be unconstitutional. Unlike the U.S. constitution, the Alaska Constitution explicitly prohibits government interference in residents' privacy, and the state's high court ruled in 1975's Ravin v. State that home use of small amounts of marijuana does not pose any social harm that warrants a violation of that privacy.

Attorney General Gregg Renkes told the Anchorage Daily News he agreed the personal-use allowance is now the law, saying "I respect and will abide by" the decision.

But Alaska ACLU attorney Jason Brandeis warned residents marijuana possession is still a federal offense.

"The feds can break into your house if you have an ounce of marijuana, and you can be charged federally," he said.

Alaska is the 12th state to decriminalize the personal use of the drug.

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