Last minute reefer madness in Alaska The Los Angeles Times (via Cannabisnews) has an overview of Alaska's marijuana initiative today. It's not bad, but the lead does indeed bleed:
Anchorage -- A 16-year-old pot-smoker arrested in a grisly slaying has become the talk of the town as Alaskans consider whether to make their state the first to fully decriminalize marijuana.
The teen was charged this month with killing his stepmother and keeping her body in a freezer for three days as he drove friends to the mall in her car. After his arrest, he told police he had fought with the stepmother over his chronic marijuana use but could not remember the details of her death because he had been stoned at the time.
Both opponents and supporters of Ballot Measure 2 — which would make it legal for those 21 and older to grow, use or distribute marijuana and allow the government to regulate sales — seized the murder case to bolster their arguments.
We'll see who gets the advantage.
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