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Written by SAFER
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Monday, 02 March 2009 |
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 The latest installment of SAFER Central is now available at HighTimes.com. The column discusses the current situation at the University of Georgia, in which administrators are at odds with the campus NORML chapter over a T-shirt featuring the school's mascot smoking a joint.
If you ever find yourself at the University of Georgia, be sure to
stop by the campus bookstore and pick up some shot glasses, whiskey
flasks or pint or martini glasses featuring the school’s official logo
and Bulldog mascot. Just be sure you’re not wearing a T-shirt showing a
bulldog using marijuana...
CLICK HERE to read the rest of the article.
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Written by SAFER
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Sunday, 22 February 2009 |
  
This past weekend, SAFER participated in the Midwest NORML-SSDP Conference held on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia. Stories about the event appeared in the Columbia media previewing and recapping the event, as well as in the campus newspaper. The Drug Policy Reform Conference will offer the public a chance to
engage in an open dialogue about alternatives to drug prohibition. It
also will give participants a chance to educate themselves about the
facts surrounding drug use and criminalization in the United States.
Students and activists from Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska turned out for the event. Featured speakers included Mason Tvert of SAFER, Allen St. Pierre of NORML, Cliff Thornton of Efficacy, Pete Guither of DrugWarRant.com, Dan Viets of NORML and the ACLU, and Ryan Denham of Sensible Fayetteville, as well as several university professors, elected officials, and activists from around the region.  
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Written by SAFER
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009 |
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Tell UGA Administrators to respect students' political speech regarding marijuana!
Administrators at the University of Georgia are threatening to kick a student organization off campus because it created T-shirts that read "Legalize" and "Equalize," and feature a hand-drawn image of the UGA mascot, Hairy Dawg, smoking a joint.
The Georgia chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) at UGA created the shirts to send a message that marijuana laws should be reformed and that marijuana should be treated equal to alcohol. It did NOT use any of UGA's trademarked images or logos, and there is sound legal precedent in favor of the students' right to political speech and satire. The administration's actions are clearly driven by its opposition to the content of the shirts -- the image of marijuana use and suggestion that marijuana laws be reformed. Yet UGA allows its logos and mascot to be printed on shot glasses, flasks, and other alcohol-related paraphernalia, despite the fact that alcohol use is FAR more harmful and problematic than marijuana use -- especially on college campuses. Click on the button below to send an e-mail to Vice President of Student Affairs Rodney Bennett, and tell the UGA Administration to leave the Georgia NORML chapter alone and stop the hypocrisy!
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Written by SAFER
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Wednesday, 31 December 2008 |
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Read about the giant strides SAFER took this past year at the national, state and local levels... Click on the two images below to download SAFER's 2008 Year In Review!
 FRONT  BACK The two PDFs feature highlights from this past year's media coverage, and provide further details on SAFER's major accomplishments in 2008, such as: • generated a wealth of positive media coverage conveying the message that marijuana is safer than alcohol and should be treated that way; • defended its successful 2005 and 2007 Denver initiatives, bringing about significant changes in city policy and public opinion; • mobilized current and future marijuana policy reform activists across Colorado and at universities nationwide; • received thousands of new supporters; and • expanded and improved its general operations and organizational reach.
  
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