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Written by SAFER
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Tuesday, 08 September 2009 |
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Usually we highlight stories about cops having to deal with drunk and belligerent people engaging in violent and otherwise unsavory behavior. But in this story out of Minneapolis, it was the cops themselves who got trashed and caused all the problems. Shame they couldn't have made the SAFER choice... It was Police Gone Wild in Minneapolis last week after a police department softball team got a little too wild and starting tearing up the town.
Now the Minneapolis Police Department's internal affairs is
investigating the incident after their excessive drinking allegedly led
to threats and brawls on the streets.
According to FOX9 (via SOTC)
the softball game took place at Northeast Park last Tuesday after
Minneapolis firefighters. When the off-duty cops arrived at the Double
Deuce strip club in their softball uniforms, the owner said they were
too drunk and wouldn't let them inside. When they were refused entrance, things went downhill fast. More from FOX9: The owner says the officers even started flashing their
badges, trying to intimidate the bouncer. And in retaliation, one of
the officers allegedly urinated on the club's wall. The incident was
caught on video.
With closing time nearing, the team went to Mayslak's Bar a
few blocks away. The owner and staff told FOX 9, the officers picked a
couple of fights and told patrons no one could stop them because they
were all cops.
Outside the bar, one of the cops allegedly assaulted a man, who was passing by, after he tried to break up one of those fights.
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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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