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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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Written by Stephen C. Webster
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Thursday, 27 August 2009 |
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Denver may soon become the most laid-back city in America.
As far as its marijuana laws are concerned, that is.
A city panel recommended on Wednesday that Denver lower its penalty
for marijuana possession by adults to just $1. The fine currently sits
at $50. The state also mandates an additional $100 surcharge and an
additional $10 fee.
“The panel was created by Mayor John Hickenlooper in December 2007
after voters passed an ordinance that made it so adult marijuana
possession is the city’s ‘lowest law enforcement priority,’” noted Colorado’s NBC 9News.
The panel voted 6-2 to recommend the fee change, according to The Denver Post.
The $1 fine still requires approval by a Denver judge. Even if the
judge agrees, the total penalty for marijuana possession will still
stand at $111.
This video is from Colorado’s NBC 9News, broadcast Wednesday, August 26, 2009. |
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Written by Kirsten Akens
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Thursday, 27 August 2009 |
Colorado authors will fill the bookshelves with pigskin, pot and more this autumnSeptember
If you've ever heard the "Marijuana is Safer than Alcohol" message
(and been intrigued by it), then Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are
We Driving People to Drink? (Chelsea Green Publishing,
$14.95/paperback, Sept. 15) might be just the book you've been seeking.
Mason Tvert, co-founder and executive director of Safer
Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), and a member of Denver's
Marijuana Policy Review Panel (appointed by Mayor John Hickenlooper),
has written a tome, along with Steve Fox and Paul Armentano, that
addresses why our nation has been pushed toward alcohol and away from
cannabis, and why law reform is needed. |
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