Activist group looks to change image of marijuana supporters

On the eve of Mother’s Day weekend, a group of women held a press conference at the State Capitol in hopes of changing the face of the pro-marijuana movement.

Meanwhile, lawmakers in the Senate gave final approval to a bill that would regulate Colorado’s booming medical marijuana industry.

The diverse group of women gathered at the capitol yesterday to formally launch the Women’s Marijuana Movement (WMM). With the tagline, “Safer for us. Safer for all,” the national group is working towards the legalization of marijuana for adults. As part of the group’s launch, WMM is offering e-cards that people can send to their mother to “let them know that they believe marijuana is a relatively safe and entirely acceptable alternative to alcohol.”

Women from all age groups and from all walks of life came out to Colorado’s State Capitol in Denver to help launch the Women’s Marijuana Movement.

Women’s Marijuana Movement

Jessica Corry is a mother, wife, lawyer, a conservative political activist, and co-founder of the Women’s Marijuana Movement. She is not a marijuana user; she is a proponent of common sense. Corry feels the marijuana laws are unjust.

Mason Tvert, founder of SAFER, has worked with Corry on these issues for some time and they decided that the time is right. “Mason and I have talked about doing this for a long time and SAFER provided the critical infrastructure support to make it happen,” says Corry. SAFER is a national organization based in Denver that promotes marijuana as being a safer alternative to alcohol and prescription drugs.

The Denver-based marijuana advocacy groupSafer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation(SAFER) will pack the Denver Grand Hyatt on Saturday evening. The event will feature a keynote speech from former two-term New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson.

Five short years ago SAFER set out to change the way Coloradans view the recreational use of marijuana.

Colorado women's group forms to advocate marijuana legalization

Just in time for Mother's Day, a group of women is urging mothers to join their fight...to fully legalize marijuana.

The national Women's Marijuana Movement launched in Denver Thursday with a press conference at the Colorado State Capitol. Members say that -regardless of whether you use pot or not- the fight against it is tearing families apart and wasting government resources.

The group is already generating significant national attention partly because of the Mother's Day message, and Colorado's role in the national marijuana debate.

The Grand Hyatt Denver will be hopping this Saturday, as folks gather to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, the local drug-policy reform organization better known as SAFER. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, Denver City Councilman Chris Nevitt, and columnist and morning show host David Sirota are scheduled to be on hand, along with marijuana activists who'll celebrate all the successes they've achieved in Colorado.

The movement has come a long way since the organization's humble beginnings in 2005, says SAFER Executive Director Mason Tvert. That's when the venerable Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project sent Tvert, a recent college graduate from Virginia, out West to launch a campaign with a simple yet innovative message: Marijuana is safer than alcohol. Colorado seemed like the perfect place to do so, he recalls, especially since college campuses here were still reeling from a series of alcohol-related controversies.