Marijuana Legalized in Alaska

The use of marijuana has been legalized in Alaska, which became the third American state to legalize the drug after Colorado and Washington. The changes in the remote frontier state's law come after voters in November narrowly approved a ballot measure making it legal to smoke, grow and own pot, though the drug remains illegal under federal law. From now on, people in Alaska aged 21 and up can legally possess up to one ounce (28 grams) of marijuana and grow up ...