ALASKANS AND PRIVACY

To the editor:

Access to marijuana is a controversial subject in our state. In our
last election some 45 percent of the voters agreed with complete
legalization.

But what is not controversial in Alaska is our love of privacy and our
constitutional right to the same. It is a right that has been defended
by our Supreme Court.

However, this very basic human right to a private home is being
threatened in the 24th session of the Alaska Legislature now in
session. House Bill 96 and Senate B ill 74, introduced by Gov. Frank
Murkowski, will, if enacted by the Legislature, make it "illegal to
possess any amount of marijuana anywhere in this state" and find that
"a person commits the crime of misconduct in the sixth degree if the
person refuses entry into a premise for an inspection ..."

I think these bills take Alaska in the wrong direction. Please contact
your legislators to protect your rights.

Michael H. Mueller

Fairbanks