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Written by SAFER
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Friday, 31 December 2010 |
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Check out this fantastic column out of Canada. The writer from the Toronto Star truly hit the nail on the head.
But strangely, people who use the nastiest drug of all, alcohol, are
home-free. The angry old white guys who are the beating heart of the
Conservative party are drinkers, and not charming ones like Rooster
Cogburn in True Grit. Regular Canadians smoke pot and smile
beatifically. As always, Conservatives get everything upside down.
I write this as New Year’s Eve approaches, the biggest drinking night
there is. We drink lavishly, not with the same sense of purpose that
Brits do, and not armed as Americans tend to. (But when we get sick on
the sidewalk, it freezes and stays there till March. This is no small
drawback in this cold country, especially when it’s pasta.) And we
don’t know when to stop, we are hateful, and horribly ill the next
day, but that’s okay because alcohol is a normalized drug and pot
isn’t, not yet.
How I wish Canadians who need a night off from their own head could
legally smoke dope this New Year’s Eve instead of drinking themselves
faceless. (Confession: I quit smoking pot decades ago. I miss it.)
Wouldn’t it be a pleasure to sit around with The Dude-like friends and
stare at the tree quietly shedding its needles and the ornaments
thumping as they slip off the drying branches. Months pass. And then
we’d get inflamed over leftover goose skin and those President’s
Choice thingies, chocolate or chicken tikka, it’s all the same
deliciousness. We could gaze rapt at the fireplace. It need not have a
fire in it.
I have a neighbour who is an alcoholic of 50 years standing and it
isn’t pleasant to see or hear. Think of the physical damage of a half-
century of gin, the health-care costs, the stricken children, the bad
smells, a life all over but the shouting. I’d have preferred decades
of pot smoke drifting out over the lake, and probably so would she,
given the choice.
Perhaps one day we’ll have that choice. Read the entire column at: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/913034--mallick-where-there-s-smoke-there-s-change
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Written by Gene Davis
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Monday, 20 December 2010 |
Legalization efforts get underway at KushCon IIThe marijuana legalization movement will reach a tipping point in 2012 and Colorado is poised to help lead the way, according to the former governor of New Mexico and likely presidential candidate.
Gary Johnson, a two-term GOP governor who has reportedly been eyeing a presidential run in 2012, was a featured speaker at KushCon II, the marijuana festival that took place over the weekend at the Colorado Convention Center. Johnson used medical marijuana for three years while recovering from a serious paragliding accident and believes the war on drugs has been a waste of taxpayer money.
“I see this as two years away of being a tipping point where we recognize the war on drugs is a failure on A to Z fronts,” he told the Denver Daily News. “I oppose the war on drugs from A to Z.”
Meanwhile, pro-marijuana group Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) used the KushCon II to officially kick off their campaign to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the 2012 Colorado ballot. Many people at the KushCon said Colorado has a good chance to be the first state to legalize marijuana for adults.
“We are starting to build the infrastructure for the largest legalization campaign this state has ever seen,” said Mason Tvert of SAFER. “It is going to be massive, it is going to be effective, it’s going to change the way the state handles marijuana for all adults.” Read the entire story at: http://www.thedenverdailynews.com/article.php?aID=11049
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Written by Michael Roberts
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Wednesday, 15 December 2010 |
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A National Institute on Drug Abuse study showing pot use up among all
grades surveyed, with eighth grade taking the largest leap, prompted
strong words from Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, an opponent of MMJ dispensaries who blames their prevalence for much of the rise in the state. Less alarmed is pot legalization advocate Mason Tvert, who believes "our attorney general has more pressing things to worry about than scaring people about marijuana."
Read the entire story at: http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/12/marijuana_john_suthers_mason_tvert.php
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Written by Denver Daily News
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Wednesday, 15 December 2010 |
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...But Mason Tvert, of the pro-marijuana advocacy group Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), says failed drug policies are to blame for the continuing increase in youth drug use. He says there is much less risk surrounding marijuana than alcohol. Tvert believes more youth smoking pot suggests progress.
“We would all like teens to remain drug free,” said Tvert. “But if they are going to use an intoxicating substance, they pose far less harm to themselves and to others if they choose to use marijuana instead of alcohol.”
“Alcohol contributes to overdose deaths, significant long-term health problems, serious injuries, and violent crimes, whereas marijuana has never been found to contribute to such problems,” Tvert added. “Teens choosing to use marijuana instead of alcohol are in fact making a safer choice.”
Read the entire story at: http://www.thedenverdailynews.com/article.php?aID=11021
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