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Written by Lisa Cilli
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 |
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Miami Beach Voters Could See Marijuana Decriminalization on November
Ballot
An effort to decriminalize marijuana in Miami Beach kicked off Wednesday
evening when a local group held a news conference in front of City Hall
to launch a petition drive. The Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy
is collecting signatures to place the marijuana decriminalization
amendment on the November ballot.
If voters approve the amendment, it would make possession of 20 grams or
less of marijuana a civil infraction rather than a misdemeanor crime,
for which state law calls for up to a year in jail and $1,000 in fines.
Under the proposal, punishment of "personal possession'' would be a $100
fine. The amendment will also increase the discretion of the State
Attorney to permit a plea to a civil infraction where appropriate.
"The sum total effect of 72 years of marijuana prohibition and more than
twenty million arrests since 1965 is that marijuana is now the largest
cash crop in the United States and probably the most economically
valuable agricultural commodity produced in the State of Florida," said
Ford Banister, Chairman of the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy.
"According to a recent report by Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron,
Florida spends $573,366,000 annually on wholly ineffectual efforts to
eradicate marijuana, a substance that every objective study has
determined to be far less harmful than alcohol." That's the second focus of the committee. It is stressing a
marijuana is
safer than alcohol campaign that asserts marijuana is less addictive,
less toxic and less likely to lead to violence than alcohol. |
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Written by Michael Roberts
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Monday, 19 July 2010 |
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Mason Tvert, the main man behind SAFER, lives to promote the theory that marijuana is
less dangerous than alcohol -- and if he can hype his book Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to
Drink? at the same time, that's even better. These goals come
together in Tvert's latest campaign -- challenging the idea that
alcohol's less risky than weed by offering his tome for free to DARE
instructors nationwide. Tvert's latest campaign was inspired by a "Backers of Legal Pot Just Want to Get High," a San
Jose Mercury News op-ed by Skip Miller, chairman of DARE America.
The piece takes a stand against a pot legalization initiative headed to
the California ballot in November.
In it, Miller writes about e-mails he's received from marijuana
advocates -- but notes that "I have yet to see one that overcomes the
body of scientific research demonstrating that smoking marijuana is
harmful and does just one thing well: It gets people high. And that high
comes with short- and long-term health risks that proponents of legal
weed don't like to acknowledge."
Tvert took this assertion as a challenge. In addition to writing a
sample e-mail complete with links to information that, in his view, puts
the lie to Miller's claims above, he's pledged to give a copy of his
book to every DARE instructor across the country, including those
planning to attend the 23rd Annual DARE International Training Conference,
which begins tomorrow in Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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Written by SAFER
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 |
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An
interview with SAFER Executive Director Mason Tvert is included in this
week's edition of 4:20 Drug War News
on the Drug Truth Network. Mason discusses his recent piece on The Huffington Post regarding former Bush drug warrior Kevin Sabet -- now with the Obama Administration -- who has recently been fishing for info he can use to discredit Colorado's medical marijuana dispensaries. Click HERE
to to listen!
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Written by SAFER
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 |
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 The Rocky Mountain Cannabis Convention and Wellness Expo will be held at the Colorado Convention Center this Friday and Saturday, July 9th and 10th. The two-day event will feature hundreds of vendors from around the country, as well as a variety of speakers and specialists, and a portion of the the event's proceeds will benefit SAFER.
Executive Director Mason Tvert will be a featured speaker and SAFER will have a booth at the event, so please drop by and say hello!
WHAT: Rocky Mountain Cannabis Convention and Wellness Expo (website)
WHEN: Friday, July 9, 2 pm to 9 pm & Saturday, July 10, 10 am to 7 pm
WHERE: Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th Street, Denver (map)
DETAILS: Tickets are $20 at the door -- NO medical marijuana license required |
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