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Posted: 3/25/2006 11:44:21 AM EDT
www.ktva.com/topstory/ci_3637375


Alaska's governor is pushing a bill to recriminalize marijuana in the state - and trigger a constitutional challenge that he hopes to win this time.

Alaska laws regarding the possession of the drug are the most liberal in the country. Residents may possess up to a quarter-pound of marijuana for use in the home.

But Frank Murkowski's bill would make possession of less than four ounces a misdemeanor and possession of four ounces and more a felony.



So were drugs that much of a problem in Alaska to begin with?
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