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| Alaska is the Third State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana |
Voters passed an initiative last November to legalize the drug for use in private places.
Adult residents in America’s northernmost state are now able to personally consume weed in their homes -- as well as grow up to six plants -- and confidently be on the right side of the law.
If they get pulled over for expired tags and have up to an ounce of weed on their person, the latter is no longer going to get them in trouble - so long as they haven’t been toking and driving.
Smoking or consuming marijuana in public still remains illegal. Doing so will get you a $100 fine.
The laws on marijuana use and possession in Alaska have been vague up until the November 2014 referendum.
Weed has been quasi-legal in Alaska since 1975, when the state’s supreme court ruled that Alaska’s constitutional right to privacy included the ability to possess and use a small amount of marijuana at home.
But the force of that historic ruling became unclear when lawmakers explicitly criminalized the possession of pot, even at home, in 2006.
While getting arrested for smoking weed at home was not a common occurrence before Alaska voters legalized it in 2014, Tuesday marked the moment of clarity.
It's legal!
Segments of this story appeared at Ben Shapiro's Truth Revolt.
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