Pubdate: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 Source: Alaska Dispatch News (AK) Copyright: 2014 Nicholas Cassara Contact: http://www.adn.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/18 Note: Anchorage Daily News until July '14 Author: Nicholas Cassara ANCHORAGE SHOULD OPT OUT OF ALCOHOL A few weeks ago, an Anchorage Assembly member from Eagle River declared that she was going to ask the Assembly to consider having Anchorage opt out of becoming a retail destination for Alaskans seeking to buy marijuana. A community may "opt out" under the new marijuana law, and I like this provision of the law. I do not live in Anchorage, and do not smoke. I do wonder why the Assembly member is not also going to ask the Assembly to "opt out" of selling alcohol. Schoolchildren walking down the sidewalk are killed by drunk drivers, hundreds of intoxicated people confront the police in the streets during the middle of the night, and drunks panhandle on the street corners. So much tax money is wasted on alcohol ... but alcohol is OK in Anchorage? - - Nicholas Cassara Palmer - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D