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RawStory.com: Denver weighs $1 fine for marijuana possession
Written by Stephen C. Webster   
Thursday, 27 August 2009
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.

 
Co. Springs Independent: Fall Arts Preview '09: A stack mountain high
Written by Kirsten Akens   
Thursday, 27 August 2009

Colorado authors will fill the bookshelves with pigskin, pot and more this autumn

September

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.

 
KIRO Radio: Hempfest draws crowds, discussion
Written by Erin Covey   
Monday, 17 August 2009

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."
 
Westword: Mason Tvert bamboozles his way onto the Amazon bestseller list
Written by Joel Warner   
Friday, 21 August 2009

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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