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Written by Tim Hoover
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Friday, 20 May 2011 |
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Pot backers have filed eight initiatives with the state aimed at legalizing marijuana.
All of the initiatives would ask voters in 2012 to legalize the use
and possession — an ounce or less — of marijuana for those 21 and older,
and all would allow the state to set up a regulatory structure for
retail sales of pot... Read the entire story at: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_18099454
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Written by Kristen Wyatt
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Saturday, 14 May 2011 |
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Marijuana advocates racked up big wins in
this year's session of the Colorado Legislature. Now they're turning
their sights to a bigger effort—full legalization on the 2012 ballot.
Pot legalization backers hope to start gathering signatures as soon
as this summer to put the question to voters. Given Colorado's low
signature threshold for ballot initiatives, which currently stands at
about 86,000 people, they say they expect an easy path to the polls.
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Written by Matthew McGowan
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Friday, 29 April 2011 |
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A Colorado-based initiative to open dialogue about what impact, if
any, marijuana’s legalization would have on sexual assault rates could
soon plant roots in Lubbock.
Shannon Drew, 20 and a Texas Tech sophomore from Amarillo, is using
April’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month to drum up local support for the
Women’s Marijuana Movement, or WMM.
The year-old effort aims to spark what national organizer Mason Tvert
in Denver called “public dialogue” on how marijuana legalization could
prevent alcohol-related crimes against women.
WMM advocates have yet to frame the theory as grounds for the
outright legalization of pot, but they are calling for a more open
discussion about whether the taboo of marijuana drives many party-goers
to drink more alcohol, which Drew says is “the No. 1 date rape drug."... Read the entire article at: http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2011-04-29/rape-opponents-push-pot-replace-alcohol
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Written by Bryce Crawford
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Thursday, 28 April 2011 |
Can you hear me now?
With April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Stephanie Morphet hit the steps of the State Capitol Building on Tuesday to issue a message to lawmakers concerning the illegality of marijuana.
"The current legislation encourages — people in
my age bracket particularly, university students — to drink, instead of
use a safer form of recreation, being marijuana," the 21-year-old UCCS
student recaps in a phone conversation... Read the entire story at: http://www.csindy.com/colorado/cannabiz/Content?oid=2134289 |
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Written by Jaryd Wilson
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011 |
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Which is more dangerous - alcohol or marijuana?
Based solely on law, it would appear pot is the more dangerous substance. After all, alcohol is legal in Colorado. Marijuana, for non-medical purposes, is not. But statistics show alcohol is actually a more dangerous drug, leading some to campaign for the legalization of marijuana.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse published a study which shows alcohol is far more lethal and toxic than marijuana. According to the study, if the average person drinks 10 times what they would need to drink to get the 'desired effect' of alcohol, it would lead to death. Meanwhile, one would need thousands of times the amount of THC from marijuana as the 'desired effect' plateau.
While FOX reports hundreds of alcohol poisoning deaths over the past 10 years. Meanwhile, DrugWarFacts.org said there has never been a death solely caused by marijuana overdose. Read the entire article at: http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=610990
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Written by Michael Roberts
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011 |
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At 11:30 a.m. this morning in the State Capitol's Senate press room, members of the Women's Marijuana Movement
will mark both Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Alcohol Awareness
Month by arguing that increased cannabis use may help prevent rapes
fueled by booze.
It's a subject that WMM co-founder Toni Fox understands from personal experience... Read the entire article at: http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2011/04/pot_legalization_booze_sex_assault_womens_marijuana_movement.php
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