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To get her product from the grow houses of Anchorage to Weed Dudes, her pot shop in the small town of Sitka, Alaskan dispensary owner Michelle Cleaver books a flight, calls a cab and packs five pounds of high grade cannabis into her carry-on luggage. She then calls the police to let them know she’s coming, and notifies TSA agents once she arrives at the airport. This may sound like a recipe for arrest, but in a state with legal weed laws and treacherous weather conditions, it’s just how business is done on the Last Frontier.
Alaska is one of eight states with comprehensive recreational cannabis legalization, where adults 21 and older are more than welcome to walk into a local pot shop and walk out with a bag full of bud. But in America’s northernmost state, getting product to the far-reaching corners of the frozen tundra is difficult, especially when there aren’t enough cultivators in Alaska’s small towns to keep up with demand. But thanks to a unique agreement between local cops, TSA, and industry employees, dispensary owners are moving their product by plane, and they’re doing it with the full approval of local law enforcement.
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