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TexasTowelie

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Sun Oct 30, 2016, 05:55 AM Oct 2016

Alaska's first pot shop opens to a long line of customers

Alaska's first marijuana retail outlet opened to a throng of customers Saturday, two years after voters approved allowing people 21 and older to recreationally use pot.

More than 250 people lined up outside Herbal Outfitters in Valdez, store owner Richard Ballow said. Customers came from as far away as Anchorage and Fairbanks, more than 350 miles to the north.

The opening Saturday at "high noon" marks the first time it's legal to buy pot under a voter initiative approved in November 2014. Voter approval made it legal under state law to possess up to an ounce of marijuana outside of a home.

"It's a historic moment," Ballow said. "I feel like I am blessed and honored to be a part of this."

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/alaska-shop-set-offer-states-legal-marijuana-sales-43157729

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