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April 28, 2016

Alaska weighs rules for opening cannabis cafes

  • Alaska is on track to become the first state to allow on-site consumption of marijuana in some pot stores, but not everyone envisions Anchorage as the next Amsterdam.
  • By BECKY BOHRER and MARK THIESSEN
    Associated Press

    JUNEAU — Some activists have a vision for Alaska's upstart marijuana industry that could have Anchorage looking more like Amsterdam in the years ahead.

    Just like the city in Holland where pot can be legally purchased and smoked in shops, tourists arriving in Anchorage would be able to jump in a taxi and ask the driver about the best cannabis cafe in town. Once there, they might mingle with business executives forgoing a martini lunch in favor of a joint.


     
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