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Written by Michael Roberts
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 |
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For indefatigable marijuana booster Mason Tvert, founder of the
advocacy organization Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER),
April 1 is a very big day. Rallies are scheduled to take place at more
than eighty colleges and universities across the country (see the
complete list below) arguing that students who use marijuana are far
safer than those who opt for alcohol.
Meanwhile, at 1 p.m. today, Tvert will join a group at the Auraria
campus targeting Stephen Jordan, president of Metropolitan State
College. Jordan is a supporter of the Amethyst Initiative, which argues that lowering the legal drinking age to eighteen would help reduce the culture of binge drinking on campuses. |
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Written by Whitney Bryen
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 |
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Students at the University of Colorado asked
for marijuana possession penalties to be lessened to match discipline
for having alcohol on campus Thursday, but school officials said they
are already similar.
While legalization of marijuana is the ultimate goal of the
nationwide protest's organizing group, SAFER, students at CU said they
were more concerned about changing university disciplinary action to
match that of alcohol punishment.
Protester Andrew Orr, a CU junior, said the SAFER initiative
emphasizes the ability for adults to choose between alcohol and
marijuana use as a recreational drug. |
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Written by Chuck Slothower
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Friday, 02 April 2010 |
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A group of Fort Lewis College students is gathering petition signatures
to reduce penalties on campus for marijuana
use, saying the drug is less harmful than alcohol.
The group had gathered 420 signatures by Thursday. The number 420,
although often used to refer to marijuana, was
arrived at by coincidence, said Marisa Williams, president of the
student group Safer Alternative for Enjoyable
Recreation, or SAFER FLC.
FLC rules require approximately 350 signatures to put a ballot measure
in front of students. A student election is
set for April 13-14.
“We are just saying that marijuana is safer than alcohol and should be
treated that way on campus," Williams said. |
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Written by KXRM Fox 21
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Wednesday, 07 April 2010 |
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Voters in the town of Nederland voted on Tuesday
and approved a ballot measure that removed all local penalties for
private adult marijuana possession, making the mountain town the third
Colorado locality to legalize marijuana in the past five years. Denver voters adopted a citizen-initiative to do so in
November 2005, and voters in Breckenridge approved a similar measure in
November 2009. More than 54 percent of Nederland voters supported the measure
in what Town Clerk Christi Icenogle said was a high turn-out election. Voters also ousted incumbent
Mayor Martin Cheshes, who had vocally opposed the measure and referred
to it as "foolish," replacing him with Trustee Sumaya Abu-Haidar. Prior to the announcement of
the vote, the Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett told The Daily
Camera: "I'll pay attention if it passes. Marijuana enforcement is a
sensitive issue, and it's important to gauge public sentiment.” |
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