Alaskans were misled on marijuana taxes and education funding

Alaskans were misled on marijuana taxes and education funding

When Alaskans voted in 2014 to legalize recreational marijuana, they did so under the belief — repeated often by proponents and echoed in media — that cannabis taxes would support education. Voters were assured our state would follow Colorado’s example, where marijuana revenue helps fund public schools and student success. Instead, a decade later, Alaska’s marijuana tax policy tells a very different story — one of political sleight of hand, brok…