The black market will just continue to make all of the money. Most personal purchases are an ounce or less.

Around here we see it with fireworks - illegal in state for personal use, so shops pop up like mushrooms along the highways as soon as you get into states where it's legal.

Black market prices are better for buds anyway. 275-320 an once is decent and the quality is top notch. I can get BC (Brittish Columbia) cheaper than that. The Matsu will probably make money from it and then Anchorage will get smart.

I've never actually paid for it. Back 2.5-3 decades ago, when I 'indulged', I only ever did it because the guys I did role playing games were into it, and always brought it along because one guy was a grower. He came to my parent's house exactly one time, and was invited to never return, because when he dropped his jacket, the smell of pot coming from it was so strong you could smell it in the next room. I remember going over to his apartment and seeing gallon baggies full lying around, but he always seemed next to broke. Either he just gave it away to a lot of folks, or he was getting severely ripped off on price.

Getting what you voted for. Are people going to finally realize republicans don't give two shits.

will be able to bring pot to sell and pay for their trip.

It is possible it won't pass. The article said 5 of 11 said it was "too soon" so that leaves a simple majority that haven't gone there and among the 5 there may be one or more that will be of the "I feel it is not the time for recreational marijuana personally but the people have spoken" bent as well.

Stupid may not prevail, even temporarily here.

They put in the GOP for shit sakes. Same with the wage increase law. ONLY works when your Repuke congressmen approve. Good Luck with that. I'm glad to hear this. It couldn't have happened to a nicer state.

It's really no different than here in Colorado as to how it will unfold. It's still not legal for retail in more of Colorado (area wise) than it is. My town is just getting around to opening their first retail location and my county is still prohibiting it in the unincorporated parts. Give people some time to see that Denver hasn't fallen into the pits of hell, and enough pressure from people wanting to make money legally, and the objections slowly dissolve. The most important thing is the repeal of the possession laws. The business transaction end of legalization still has a lot of wrinkles to work out everywhere.

I have no knowledge of the local politics in Anchorage, but just because a councilor proposes something doesn't make it a done deal. It seems like the larger population centers get on board sooner rather than later, in general.

The zones where businesses are able to set up shop are often in bad neighborhoods combined with the banks unwillingness to deal (but for some reason that didn't stop them from laundering the cartel's money) with them led to a rise of private security businesses.

Though there is a recent report that Colorado has opened up a credit union to do business with them which will eliminate the risks of the heavy transactions.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/11/21/3272158/colorado-pot-credit-union-could.html?sp=/99/915/

There's also some issue out at the industrial park that made it off limits, too. I don't follow the details too closely, but it's clear that there are a lot of legitimate details that need to be addressed. And they mostly are, as they pop up. Lot's of business for the town's legal council. The licencing requirements for workers are pretty onerous. It's harder for me to get licensed by Colorado to work in the mj industry than it is to pass a Federal background check as a contractor, but I can sell alcohol (poison) with a five minute on line test administered by my employer. It's no wonder the black market continues to thrive.