An initiative, sponsored by Al Anders of the 99 Hemp Committee, which would legalize marijuana and industrial hemp in Alaska will appear on the November 2000 ballot.
The all encompassing law would make it illegal for Alaska law enforcement officers and prosecutors to enforce federal marijuana laws. The exact wording of the initiative was taken directly from an earlier initiative proposed in 1993 (the initiative failed due to lack of signatures) that was approved so as to generate more time for signature collection. The language of the petition was adapted from the seminal work on hemp, Jack Herer’s “The Emperor Wears No Clothes.”
For more information, please contact Al Anders at (907) 248-2636.
