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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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Written by Erin Covey
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Monday, 17 August 2009 |
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Thousands of people turned out over the weekend for
Seattle's two-day marijuana festival known as Hempfest.
Each year, organizers use clothing and speeches to promote
their efforts to get pot legalized, and more families and
"mainstream" supporters joined them this time. And this
year, organizers have more reason to believe there will soon
be a change in marijuana policy.
Supporters, like Hempfest organizer Mason Tvert, have long
argued that those under the influence of marijuana are in a
much different state than those who use alcohol. "There's no
reason why we shouldn't be treating it like alcohol and
generating revenue and saving in the criminal justice
system."
As cash strapped states deal with the recession and look for
things to tax, Tvert is glad the discussion is being held.
"The mere fact that we're having the discussion about
generating revenue based on marijuana regulation, taxation.
Just goes to show how relatively safe the substance is."
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Written by Joel Warner
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Friday, 21 August 2009 |
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Mason Tvert, executive director of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation),
which ran a successful 2005 campaign to legalize possession of up to
one ounce of marijuana in Denver, has long been the merry prankster of
Colorado weed activists -- a prankster who knows how to have serious
impact. When photos surfaced of Governor Bill Ritter's son hitting the
booze at a governor's mansion party, Tvert and his posse threw a
media-grabbing kegger on the mansion lawn to prove the point that the
encouragement of alcohol but not pot was a total party foul. He was
also responsible for arguably the most successful billboard that never
actually existed: In 2005, as part of the Denver pot legalization
campaign, SAFER proposed a billboard celebrating Miami Dolphins running
back Ricky Williams, who'd been suspended for marijuana use. The
billboard attracted national attention -- even though Tvert never
actually put it up. |
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