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Written by Daniel Boniface
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Tuesday, 20 October 2009 |
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A new poll released Monday shows support for legalizing
marijuana has reached a record high in the United States, although
support for it does not have a majority. According
to the results of a Gallup Poll, 44 percent of Americans say they
support the outright legalization of cannabis, while 54 percent were in
favor of keeping it illegal.
The poll results were released on the same day the U.S. Justice
Department announced it will not prosecute anyone following state laws
regarding medical marijuana use and distribution.
"As more and more Americans come to realize that marijuana is far
less harmful than alcohol, more are arriving at the conclusion that it
ought to be made legal for responsible adult use," Mason Tvert, a
marijuana proponent, stated in a news release. "After all, it makes
very little sense for adults to be punished simply for making the
rational, safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol for
recreation and relaxation."
Tvert, who co-authored the book Marijuana Is Safer: So why are we driving people to drink? says cannabis is far less toxic, far less addictive and far less problematic than alcohol. |
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Written by Michael Roberts
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Tuesday, 20 October 2009 |
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It's already been a big week in marijuana. Yesterday, the Obama
administration issued new, less strident rules about medical-marijuana,
prompting Colorado Attorney General and anti-pot crusader John Suthers to demand tighter regulations on dispensaries. Meanwhile, 44 percent of respondents to a new Gallup poll advocated legalization of marijuana across the board. Granted, 54 percent still opposed it -- but the legalize-it numbers are up 8 percent in just four years.
All of which gives Mason Tvert -- head of SAFER
(Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation) and the driving force
behind a 2005 measure legalizing small amounts of marijuana in Denver
-- plenty to talk about. And talk he does. About Suthers, for instance,
Tvert says, "It's unfortunate that he's meddling in the healthcare
decisions between doctors and patients. We hope that he will respect
the voters of this state and the decisions being made by patients and
doctors in accordance with state law."
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Written by Denver Daily News
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Thursday, 08 October 2009 |
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A pro-marijuana organization is calling on superstar cyclist Lance Armstrong to end his new endorsement deal with beer giant Anheuser-Busch because it promotes the use of a substance far more harmful and cancer-causing than marijuana — alcohol.
Denver-based Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), which believes marijuana is safer than alcohol, says it is irresponsible of Armstrong to promote a substance that has been directly linked to several forms of cancer.
The organization is also calling the USA Cycling team member’s deal hypocritical, particularly in light of USA Swimming’s treatment of team member Michael Phelps, who was punished when photos surfased of the Olympian using marijuana.
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Written by Derek Schlom
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Monday, 28 September 2009 |
New study explores possible benefits of marijuana for binge drinkers Before you down that fifth shot of Jägermeister, you might want to
fire up a joint. Research shows that compared with alcohol, marijuana
causes less brain damage.
In a study completed at the University of California, San Diego, the
results of which were published in the current issue of the scientific
journal “Neurotoxicology and Teratology,” researchers examined the
white brain matter of 42 teenage participants. The participants were
placed into three groups: those classified as binge drinkers (defined
in this case as males who consume five or more drinks in one sitting
and females who consume four or more), binge drinkers who also smoked
marijuana “regularly” and a control group of those who neither drank
nor smoked. |
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Written by Allison Stice
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Thursday, 24 September 2009 |
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Many times, when students tell stories of friends being rushed to the hospital or causing serious injury to themselves or someone else, they are talking about alcohol overdoses.
But that isn’t always the case. A new nationwide campus tour advocating increased awareness of marijuana use and student safety made its way to the campus yesterday.
Mason Tvert, the executive director of the Colorado-based Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), came to the university to promote public discourse on the taboo subject of which recreational drug — marijuana or alcohol — causes more harm to young people.
Standing in front of the Administration building yesterday morning, he held a sign emblazoned with a quote from university President Dan Mote: “Virtually every sexual assault is associated with alcohol abuse.” Mote told The Washington Post last year. “Almost every assault of any kind is related to drinking.” |
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Written by Paul Armentano
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Thursday, 17 September 2009 |
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More than one-half of Americans now believe that smoking marijuana is
less dangerous than drinking alcohol. That's according to the results
of a just-released national telephone poll of 1,000 likely voters by
Rasmussen Reports.
By contrast, just 19 percent of respondents said that they believed that pot is more dangerous than alcohol.
The public has it right. The law, which results in the arrest of some
800,000 Americans for marijuana violations annually, has it wrong.
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