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 Alaska Appeals Court Rules Pot Prohibition Unconsitutional 
#1871364 - 09/01/03 04:07 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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Alaska court rules marijuana ban unconstitutional
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A law banning Alaskans from possessing any amount of marijuana in their homes has been ruled unconstitutional by a state appeals court Friday.
Friday's decision by the Alaska Court of Appeals reversed the 2001 drug conviction of a North Pole man and ordered a new trial.
The ruling affirms a 1975 Alaska Supreme Court decision that found it legal to possess less than four ounces of marijuana in one's home. That ruling found that the state constitution's strong privacy law superseded legislative attempts to ban marijuana.
Alaska voters approved a law in 1990 that criminalized the possession of any amount of drug in any location. That law had gone unchallenged until David Noy appealed his conviction on a count of sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance. A search of Noy's home had turned up five live pot plants, growing equipment and other paraphernalia.
Attorney General Gregg Renkes has said he will petition the state Supreme Court for a review. Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski called the court's ruling "regrettable."
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Re: Alaska Appeals Court Rules Pot Prohibition Unconsitutional [Re: ]
#1876434 - 09/03/03 03:32 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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sweet....
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One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today because growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw it as competition, because It is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.
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Re: Alaska Appeals Court Rules Pot Prohibition Unconsitutional [Re: Hans_Moleman]
#1878479 - 09/03/03 07:42 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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Wow, it seems another Reefer Revolution is on its way 
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Re: Alaska Appeals Court Rules Pot Prohibition Unconsitution [Re: ]
#1883282 - 09/05/03 12:25 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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It needs to be TALKED about. The news hasn't said shit about it I don't think.
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Re: Alaska Appeals Court Rules Pot Prohibition Unconsitution [Re: Learyfan]
#1884874 - 09/05/03 12:56 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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no joke. This is big news 
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As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know.
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Re: Alaska Appeals Court Rules Pot Prohibition Unconsitution [Re: Xochitl]
#1891339 - 09/07/03 04:30 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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someone call CNN...
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One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today because growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers -- they saw it as competition, because It is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.
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 Re: Alaska Appeals Court Rules Pot Prohibition Unconsitutional [Re: ]
#1895908 - 09/08/03 10:48 PM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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king G.W. Bush really wants to turn Alaska into an oil field now
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