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Video: Alaska Green Cross celebrates marijuana legalization day

GIRDWOOD -- On Tuesday, Alaska became the third state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana.

It turned out to be both a historic moment and a deeply understated occasion.

With retail pot sales still at least a year off and public consumption banned, people who marked the moment mostly did so in private.

But at one rented condominium up a gravel road in Girdwood, legalization day was cause for an all-out party.

Alaska Green Cross, an organization devoted to cannabis advocacy, hosted the event, billed as a "Thanks and Treats Dinner."

Read more: In Girdwood, marking a historic moment with plenty of now-legal pot

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Tara Young

Tara Young was a video journalist for ADN.

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