To be eligable to receive the dividend in Alaska, you have to have lived here for an entire calendar year and you get it the following year. As an example, the dividend I will get this year is for living here all of 2007 so basically don't count on getting it for about 2 years.There is no state income tax.There is no state sales tax but some municipalities and buroughs (counties to most people) have a sales tax.It is not dark 24/7 except way up around Barrow.As far as weed, you can be arrested for any amount in your possession. The local police and State Troopers won't arrest you in your hou