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Written by SAFER
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Tuesday, 08 September 2009 |
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 British columnist Diane Abbot hits the nail on the head in a great piece for the Jamaican Observer:
There has long been a worldwide debate about the need to legalise marijuana. Perhaps the most important argument in favour of its legalisation is that marijuana is far less damaging to a person's health than alcohol and cigarettes. Here in Britain, the statistics show that many more crimes are committed by
persons under the influence of alcohol than marijuana.
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Written by SAFER
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Thursday, 06 August 2009 |
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A new book explains how we're steering people away from cannabis and
toward the use of a very harmful and deadly substance: alcohol. The following is an excerpt from the just-released book, Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? by Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, and Mason Tvert (Chelsea Green, 2009).
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Written by SAFER
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 |
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 Next week, SAFER will launch Marijuana Is Safer: So why are we driving people to drink?, the highly acclaimed new book that promises to change the way people think -- and talk -- about marijuana.
The book is co-authored by leaders of three of the most effective organizations working to reform marijuana laws -- SAFER Executive Director Mason Tvert, MPP Director of State  Initiatives (and SAFER Co-founder) Steve Fox, and NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano -- and it features a foreword by former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper. It has received advance praise from a variety of prominent individuals, and it is already beginning to cause a stir in the media -- check out the recent Reuters newswire column, "Driven to drink by marijuana laws?"
Marijuana Is Safer is already shooting up the Amazon.com rankings, and SAFER will be doing a whole lot to promote it over the next couple months. We hope you will help us spread the word and make this important book -- and the truth it contains -- a wildly popular best-seller read by millions across the nation. Get an advanced copy and help us celebrate at the events on book's current tour calendar (click on the schedule to enlarge). More event appearances and speaking engagements will be announced soon, but you can find out more information about Marijuana Is Safer any time by visiting www.MarijuanaIsSafer.com. |
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Written by Brendan Williams-Kief
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Thursday, 27 August 2009 |
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Denver's marijuana policy review panel agreed Wednesday to send a
letter to the presiding judge of Denver County Court urging a $1 fine
as penalty for possession of marijuana of less than an ounce. The
current fine schedule indicates a $50 fine for such offenses, plus a
$100 drug surcharge required by the state of Colorado and a $10 "bureau
fee." Mason Tvert, a member of the panel and the executive director of Safer Alternative
for Enjoyable Recreation, which has pushed decriminalizing possession
of small amounts of marijuana, said state law requires the surcharge
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