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Alaska / Marijuana Law #126036

ABC Evening News for Sunday, Nov 04, 1990
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(Studio: Forrest Sawyer) Report introduced.

(Anchorage: Gary Shepard) Alaska, where keeping marijuana for home use is legal, featured as a battleground in the war on drugs; television ads shown. Pros and cons of ballot measure to reverse law detailed. [Recriminalization of Marijuana Marie MAJEWSKI - says current law contradicts what is taught in schools.] [Drug czar William BENNETT - says marijuana is not harmless.] [Alaskans for Privacy Bob WAGSTAFF - says Alaskans don't want to be like the rest of the country.] "Anchorage Daily News" noted forecasting that law legalizing marijuana will be reversed.

Reporter(s):
Sawyer, Forrest;
Shepard, Gary
Duration:
00:02:10

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