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BBC World Service, this is Helena Merriman with the inquiry.

This week, has the war on drugs been lost? on

on Tuesday the 24th of February on an icy afternoon in Girdwood, Alaska,

people started turning up at an apartment.

According to the Alaska Dispatch News, people started turning up at an apartment.

According to the Alaska dispatch news, they were asked for a password at the door before being shown in.

In one smoky corner, a man called Mr Animal strommed his guitar.

In another people decorated in marijuana leaves were tucking into the cannabis garlic bread,

while those in the kitchen cooked up pot pesto.

Apart from all the smoke, there was a mood of celebration in the air.

Alaska had, that day, followed Colorado and Washington to become the third US state to legalize recreational

marijuana.

And this was a legalization party.

We're celebrating freedom.

We're celebrating a choice some of us make that are a criminal.

I think it's a step in the right direction and it's just a bunch of people here to

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