Editing Marijuana Policy Project (section)

===Alaska===

In November 2014, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Alaska, a ballot initiative campaign backed by MPP, successfully passed Ballot Measure 2, making Alaska the fourth state to end marijuana prohibition and replace it with a system in which marijuana is taxed and regulated like alcohol.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/legal-pot/pot-polls-oregon-alaska-cast-pivotal-votes-legal-marijuana-n240291|title=Pot at the Polls: Oregon, Alaska Cast Pivotal Votes on Legal Marijuana - NBC News|website=[[NBC News]]|date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/24/us/alaska-marijuana/|title=Alaskans now OK to smoke marijuana |first=Greg |last=Botelho|date=February 24, 2015 |publisher=CNN|access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref>

In 2004, MPP provided the majority of funding for an initiative to regulate marijuana in Alaska, which failed with 44% of the vote (but still set what was at the time the record for the largest vote to end marijuana prohibition in any state).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/1103-11.htm |title=At Least 17 of 20 Marijuana Initiatives Pass Montana Becomes 10th Medical Marijuana State |publisher=Common Dreams |date=November 3, 2004 |access-date=2012-06-07}}</ref>