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Written by Jie Yi See
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Thursday, 08 April 2010 |
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COLUMBIA, MO
(KBIA) -
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group of University of Missouri students rallied on campus Thursday in
support of bringing the school's marijuana policies in line with its
alcohol policies. The university's chapter of the National Organization
for the Reform of Marijuana Laws handed out fliers at Speaker's Circle
and presented an initiative to MU Chancellor Brady Deaton.
The
so-called Emerald Initiative calls for the university to equalize its
marijuana policies with alcohol policies. The group's president Scott
Lauher says marijuana and alcohol are the top two most popular
recreational substances in college. As such, the university should not
punish people more severely for using marijuana than alcohol.
"I
just think we need a little sanity in our marijuana policies. Being
involved with this, I've heard so many people who have been kicked out
of the dorms, who have been arrested in the dorms for not much of a
reason but for owning marijuana. Yet when I lived in dorms, the people
who were causing problems were the people puking in the halls or
urinating down the stairwells. Those were the drunk people."
The group also says the stiffer penalties for marijuana, but not alcohol, is pushing college students to drink dangerously.
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Written by Erica Meltzer
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Wednesday, 07 April 2010 |
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Nederland became the second municipality in
Colorado to legalize marijuana within its borders on Tuesday night.
The mountain town's residents went further than Breckinridge, which
last year legalized possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, and
by a vote of 259 to 218, removed all criminal penalties against buying,
selling, possessing, consuming, growing and transporting marijuana for
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Written by Carol Biliczky
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Wednesday, 07 April 2010 |
Student group says it backs 'responsible use'
It's spring, and a young man's fancy turns to,
well, marijuana at Kent State.
Freshman Dave Goldstein and other
students in a pro-marijuana group will rally Thursday to coax university
officials to be more lenient to the student use of cannabis.
''We condone the responsible use of
marijuana. We don't think you should get high and go to class, just like
you shouldn't get drunk and go to class,'' said Goldstein, a political
science major from Highland Heights who said he smokes pot daily.
The nationwide organization Safer
Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation of Denver has sponsored nationwide
rallies at 80 colleges and universities in April to promote debate on
pot.
SAFER believes that pot is safer for the
user and for society and should be put on an equal footing with alcohol. |
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Written by Michael Roberts
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Wednesday, 07 April 2010 |
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In its article about Nederland decriminalizing
marijuana within town limits last night, the Boulder Daily Camera
describes the town as the second in Colorado to take such a step,
following Breckenridge, whose voters passed a similar measure
last November.
Marijuana advocate Mason Tvert, founder of SAFER (Safer
Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), notes that the Camera
left out one other community: Denver. Indeed, Tvert helped
lead successful initiative campaigns in the Mile High City in 2005
and 2007.
Tvert wasn't part of the Nederland movement, but he hardly feels left
out. "It was a totally citizen-led effort," he notes, "and it
demonstrates that citizens around the state are becoming increasingly
fed up with irrational marijuana policies that steer people toward
drinking and away from using a less harmful substance."
This message is the same one Tvert and hundreds of supporters delivered at campuses
around the country on April 1. He judges the effort a success. |
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Written by KXRM Fox 21
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Wednesday, 07 April 2010 |
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Voters in the town of Nederland voted on Tuesday
and approved a ballot measure that removed all local penalties for
private adult marijuana possession, making the mountain town the third
Colorado locality to legalize marijuana in the past five years. Denver voters adopted a citizen-initiative to do so in
November 2005, and voters in Breckenridge approved a similar measure in
November 2009. More than 54 percent of Nederland voters supported the measure
in what Town Clerk Christi Icenogle said was a high turn-out election. Voters also ousted incumbent
Mayor Martin Cheshes, who had vocally opposed the measure and referred
to it as "foolish," replacing him with Trustee Sumaya Abu-Haidar. Prior to the announcement of
the vote, the Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett told The Daily
Camera: "I'll pay attention if it passes. Marijuana enforcement is a
sensitive issue, and it's important to gauge public sentiment.” |
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Written by Central Florida Future
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Wednesday, 07 April 2010 |
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Last week, UCF’s Golden Rule Review Committee voted on a new policy
that would equalize the consequences of marijuana and alcohol use among
students. The Future has supported this cause with endorsements
in our paper since 2008.
Despite the work of several student organizations lead by the
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, UCF has yet to
change school policies.
Since the cause won the vote of the Golden Rule Review Committee, it
can advance to administration for approval. The next step is to move the
proposal to the desk of Dr. Maribeth Ehasz for approval at the end of
this semester. We are hoping that the constant support of this cause
will motivate Ehasz to get these changes into effect as soon as
possible. |
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