Regulation and education are effective and proven alternatives to the prohibition of tobacco and alcohol, and Alaskans have a chance this November to do the same for marijuana.

Despite over 70 years of federal prohibition, millions of Americans are currently purchasing and consuming marijuana.

But only in the states of Colorado and Washington are these transactions legal, regulated, and taxed.

In these two states, consumers have the ability to purchase a product that is of known quality and potency and that is appropriately packaged and labeled.

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