S4:E4 - What Is Possible?: Decriminalized Marijuana, a Defunct Brewery & Substance Use in Alaska

On this episode we will turn our attention to two different historical stories about mind altering substances…one the legal sale of beer, and the other, Alaska’s long history of semi-legal and legal marijuana.

 

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Resources Used to Make This Episode:

 

Hear Bill Howell read the section of Alaska Beer: Liquid Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun about Prinz Brau here: https://www.kdll.org/show/drinking-on-the-last-frontier/2023-06-27/prinz-to-paupers

Howell, B. (2015). Alaska Beer: Liquid Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun. United States: Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. Chapter 7

 

Watch the Alaska Review episode titled “Great Land, Great Beer, Great Problems” from 1977 here: Alaska Film Archive -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3hx7aSdCCo

 

https://law.justia.com/cases/alaska/supreme-court/1975/2135-1.html

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/irwin-ravin-alaska-marijuana-rights-activist-dies/2010/04/13/

https://www.adn.com/cannabis-north/article/alaska-weed-history/2014/04/14/

https://www.adn.com/cannabis-north/article/polls-close-legalized-pot-remains-question-mark-alaska/2014/11/05/

https://health.alaska.gov/dph/Director/Documents/marijuana/MarijuanaUse_PublicHealth_Alaska_2020.pdf

https://alaskapublic.org/2023/05/31/death-rate-from-drinking-nearly-doubles-in-alaska-over-2-years/

https://www.adn.com/features/article/dreaming-big-6-alaska-boondoggles/2011/10/10/

https://www.akgrownspirits.com/

https://www.turnagainbrewing.com/