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Westword.com: Mason Tvert wants Denver's pot laws to be more like Seattle's
Written by Joel Warner   
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Forget California dreamin'. These days Mason Tvert, the media-savvy founder of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), has been dreaming of Washington State -- where the good city of Seattle just rolled out a citywide marijuana measure that Tvert's been pushing Denver to implement for years.

In a letter recently sent to members of the Denver Marijuana Policy Review Panel -- a mayor-appointed body of which Tvert is a member -- and other city officials, Tvert made note of how Pete Holmes, Seattle's new city attorney has announced he's dismissing all marijuana-possession cases that had been underway in the city and will no longer file charges for marijuana possession unless there are "out of the ordinary circumstances." The move is a response to a referendum Seattle voters passed in 2003 that made marijuana the lowest priority for local law enforcement.

 
Westword.com: SAFER's Mason Tvert calls for boycott of Starbucks...
Written by Michael Roberts   
Thursday, 21 January 2010

...alleged sponsor of group backing restrictive medical marijuana laws

Hardly a day goes by without Mason Tvert, head of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), going after some individual or institution standing in the way of legalizing marijuana use for adults in Colorado and beyond. Still, his latest target is a surprise: Starbucks, the ubiquitous peddler of a highly addictive substance -- coffee.

Why? According to a manifesto on SAFER's website, "The Colorado Drug Investigators Association (CDIA), the group spearheading anti-marijuana lobbying efforts, is sponsored by several local and national businesses including Starbucks Coffee, Glock handguns, and -- you guessed it -- members of the alcohol industry!"

 

 
Westword.com: Marijuana advocate Mason Tvert on why you should boycott Starbucks
Written by Nick Franciose   
Thursday, 21 January 2010

Today, Mason Tvert, founder of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), called for a boycott of Starbucks, saying the coffee chain supported the Colorado Drug Investigators Association, a lobbying group that has opposed to medical marijuana.

The CDIA, which listed Starbucks as a sponsor on its website alongside such vendors as Glock handguns and Point Blank Body Armor, is a group that is seeking to overturn Colorado's constitutional amendment allowing cannabis for medical use.

 
SAFER on JohnDoeRadio.com
Written by SAFER   
Friday, 22 January 2010

 An interview with SAFER Executive Director Mason Tvert is featured on the latest episode of the John Doe Radio Show. Among the topics discussed are recent medical marijuana legislation in Colorado, what SAFER has in store for Colorado in 2012, and what the organization is working on this spring. 

Click HERE to listen to the podcast.

 
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