Alaska OKs marijuana, but some communities ban pot commerce
Alaskans two years ago approved recreational use of marijuana. That doesn't mean they want it sold in their towns.
Voters in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, a municipality just larger than the state of West Virginia, and one renowned for a potent strain of black market pot, on Tuesday will consider a ban on commercial enterprises that sell, grow or test cannabis. Fairbanks, the Kenai Peninsula Borough and other Alaska municipalities will put the matter to a vote next year.
Former Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Larry DeVilbiss pushed for a vote to ban commercial cannabis enterprises. Recreational marijuana may have been approved statewide, he said, but not in his borough.
"I think it's arrogant to assume that commercial marijuana should come into a community that voted against Ballot Measure 2 in the first place," he said. "It's very reasonable to assume that they should have a choice about commercial marijuana."...
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