When has it become illegal to possess alcohol in Alaska? Hell, I would have been in prison for years with all the Jack Daniels and beer I drank when I was stationed there. A few things about Alaska, almost everyone is packing one way or another whether it's pistol or rifle and it's cold as hell in the winter. I was at Galena and you didn't go outside the dike without a weapon. Lot of black bears, moose and a few browns here and there. We played softball at 1:00 am in the morning during the summer and the field didn't have lights. In the winter it never got light just sort of daylight and then dark again. There isn't much to do when it's 50 below zero with a wind chill of -80 except drink and play cards. This is way back of course but hasn't change too much over the years. The main problem was the natives who had a serious alcohol problem and do just stupid stuff. If your talking about open container then it may be illegal but no different than any other state. Anchorage had it's own set of problems just like Fairbanks. During the summer months Anchorage swells in population because of the fishing and crabbing industry which brought in some fairly surly people. Most of them made a yearly salary in only two or three months so they kind of partied hard. I would almost be wiling to be there are a lot more murders than they know about, you know, bears have to eat.