Some cannabis start-ups aren't waiting for "technical" legalization before openly doing business.

Advertised online as "the first cannabis delivery service to come to Alaska," Discreet Deliveries is open for business, and flagrantly illegal.

The Wasilla-based start-up offers fast, free delivery of cannabis "smokeables" and "edibles," anywhere in Anchorage, Eagle River, or the Mat-Su Valley.

Its extensive menu includes finely cured buds of Zero Dark Thirty, a hybrid strain of cannabis that's high in both psychoactive and medicinal compounds, for prices ranging from $60 for one-eighth of an ounce to $320 for a full ounce. In the edibles category, Jolly Lollis are four for $28 ("one lolly, one serving"), Cannabis Carrot Cake Cookies are two for $20, and, for connoisseurs with classic taste, Baked Brownies are $20 each.

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In A Sleazy Mexican Border Town, Some Would-Be Illegal Immigrants Get Turned Back, Then Turn To Crack.

AGUA PRIETA, Mexico -- Six months ago, when Xavier first arrived in Agua Prieta, he would spend his days sitting on a corner, four blocks from the border fence, plotting a new way to sneak into the United States.

Now he sits on the same corner, plotting a new way to score crack.

"God is not with me anymore," he says. "I am all alone."

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