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Written by Gene Davis
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Friday, 07 May 2010 |
Activist group looks to change image of marijuana supportersOn 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.” |
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Written by Karen Stephenson
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Friday, 07 May 2010 |
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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. |
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Written by Ian Cerveny
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Friday, 07 May 2010 |
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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. |
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Written by Dave Young
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 |
Colorado women's group forms to advocate marijuana legalizationJust 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. |
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Written by Joel Warner
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 |
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For the most part, the marijuana movement has long been seen as a
predominantly male group -- but that's about to change. Just in time for
Mothers Day, a variety of local pot activists (most of them female) are
launching the Women's Marijuana Movement with the belief that the
fairer sex will be integral to ending marijuana prohibition. |
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Written by Joel Warner
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 |
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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. |
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