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Written by Associated Press
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 |
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College students at the University of
Colorado in Boulder and eight other Colorado campuses plan protests
calling for easier penalties for students who smoke pot.
A national group in favor of marijuana legalization is putting on
the rallies at campuses nationwide Thursday. The students argue that
stiff punishments for being caught in a campus dorm with pot steer
students to booze and promote binge drinking.
The group has helped students at 13 colleges pass measures calling
on their schools to set pot penalties no worse than alcohol violations.
So far, no schools have changed their penalties.
Colorado colleges ban on-campus marijuana use, even for students with medical marijuana clearance. |
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Written by Don Troop
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Tuesday, 06 April 2010 |
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American college students rallied last week
to advocate marijuana as a safer alternative to alcohol on their
campuses. In France, a new government report proposes a different
solution to the problem of binge drinking among students: campus wine
tastings in university canteens.
Allowing students to taste wine in moderate quantities will "show them that it is a pleasure, good for their health and part of their national heritage," Jean-Robert Pitte, a former director of the Sorbonne, tells Decanter magazine in an interview reported on its Web site.
Alain Rigauld, president of a prominent anti-alcohol group in
France, dismisses the report as little more than wine-industry
marketing.
Decanter promises a detailed description of the report, commissioned by the French minister for higher education, in its May issue. |
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Written by Nathan Harden
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Friday, 02 April 2010 |
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April is "Alcohol Awareness Month." Today, to mark
the occasion, students on more than 80 campuses in 34 states held
rallies to promote what they say is a safer alternative to alcohol:
marijuana.
Mason Tvert is the executive director of a pro-marijuana group
called "SAFER" (Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation), the group
that organized today's rallies. In an interview, Tvert told the Chronicle for Higher Education
he wanted students to think green next time they party: "It's not
adding another vice. It's providing an alternative. A safer
alternative. . . . Sobriety may be the safest alternative, but it's not
a realistic alternative — at least for most students." |
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Written by Phil Smith
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Thursday, 08 April 2010 |
Voters in the Rocky
Mountain town of Nederland, Colorado, voted Tuesday to remove all local
penalties for adult marijuana possession. The measure passed with 54% of
the vote in an election that also saw voters oust incumbent Mayor
Martin Cheshes, who had opposed the ballot measure.
"It's a foolish thing to put on the ballot," Cheshes told the Daily Camera in nearby Boulder before the election.
"If it passes, it enhances the reputation of Nederland as a kooky
place, which I don't think we need, and if you're a marijuana advocate,
it leaves the only penalties in place the state penalties, which are
harsher."
Nederland becomes the third Colorado community to vote to legalize
marijuana in the past five years. Denver voters did so in 2005, and the
ski resort town of Breckenridge followed suit last year. |
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