Alaska's first retail marijuana store set to open at 'high noon' two years after vote

Herbal Outfitters in Valdez comes after state law was passed that allowed people 21 and older to recreationally use pot
The Guardian (UK)
Saturday, October 29, 2016

A store in Alaska is to be the first in the state offering retail marijuana sales, with a grand opening scheduled for what the operators were calling “high noon”. The planned opening of Herbal Outfitters in Valdez comes nearly two years after voters approved allowing people 21 and older to recreationally use pot. Passage of the measure made it legal under state law to possess up to an ounce of marijuana outside of a home. The Valdez opening comes less than a week after the opening of the state’s first testing lab, CannTest, in Anchorage.