Well before a bunch of pilgrims migrated from the lower 48 and started voting to take Alaskans freedoms away. Thus the bumper sticker "Go Home Pilgrim". Marijuana was legal in Alaska till sometime in the 80's. Before this and all the way till the FBI put a building in anchorage The Matanuska valley was almost  world famous only for it's cultivation, and indoor hybridization of a special strain known as Matanuska Thunder F*&!.  Alaska used to be about personal freedom not shoving your concept of religious morals on others.  It's unpatriotic, un-American, and an abomination to the bill of rights,freedom of religion, separation of church and state, and makes christians look bad. It's a form of fascism. Plus you guys need the tax money from it.