How many golf-marijuana puns can you find in this letter-to-the-editor that appeared in the Boston Globe this week? (Answer below the fold)

A pitch for golfer's high 

GUZZLING BEER and wine on the links could soon be legal in Massachusetts if state lawmakers get their way ("Is alcohol par for the course?" City & Region, July 22). Many amateur golfers find alcohol to be a relaxing or refreshing addition to the game, and some more competitive players even use it to calm their nerves. Although such legislation is sure to appease folks who enjoy mixing rounds of golf with rounds of drinks, it has others worried. Some fear it would lead to more rowdy behavior and possibly damage to courses.

Let me recommend a potential solution: grass. Not grass like that on the green; the other "green": marijuana. As with alcohol, many adults use marijuana to relax and recreate. Yet it does not contribute to all the fighting, property damage, and other unpleasant behavior that often accompanies boozing. Sure, it may sound like a long shot now. But as more people come to realize marijuana is safer than alcohol, it's only a matter of time before laws prohibiting it are scratched and its use simply becomes par for the course.

MASON TVERT
Executive director, Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation
Denver 

Along with making headlines immediately following its launch, SAFER's "Cindy McCain: Drug Dealer" campaign has become quite the talk of the blogosphere.

 
Here is just a small sample:

Denver Post's "Politics West"

The Washington Independent

The Stranger's "Slog"

NORML's Daily Audio Stash

Wonkette

(more after the jump) 

A Denver-based group -- Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, or SAFER -- that advocates decriminalization of marijuana, has launched a new campaign focusing on Sen. John McCain's wife, Cindy McCain, who heads one of the nation's largest beer distributors. According to its Website, SAFER's mission is "to educate the public about the fact that marijuana is safer than alcohol to both the user and to society." In the campaign, called "Cindy McCain: Drug Dealer," the group argues that because marijuana is safer than alcohol, marijuana should not be treated more harshly than alcohol in the eyes of the law. From the campaign's Website:

Cindy McCain is the chairperson and majority shareholder of Hensley & Co., which annually distributes more than 23 million cases of Anheuser-Busch beer. As the head of the Hensley cartel, Cindy makes millions of dollars dealing a drug far more harmful than marijuana: ALCOHOL.