Below is the video of the Mile High Marijuana Summit hosted by the Multidisciplinary Assocation of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS ) in Denver on November 6, 2010.  The event featured several leaders within the marijuana policy reform movement discussing the results of this year's election and where things will be headed moving forward.  The event also inspired a great piece in the New York Times. 

Mile High Marijuana Summit (Part 1 of 2) from MAPS: Psychedelic Science on Vimeo.

Mile High Marijuana Summit (Part 2 of 2) from MAPS: Psychedelic Science on Vimeo.

As you've probably read or heard, Proposition 19 -- the California initiative to make marijuana legal and regulate it like alcohol -- failed at the polls, 54-46.  Although the outcome is unfortunate, the overall impact of the Prop. 19 campaign was a huge boost to the marijuana policy reform movement.  It mobilized thousands of activists, unearthed a variety of supportive organizations, and -- perhaps most importantly -- established marijuana policy as a major political issue for years to come.

Now it's Colorado's turn.  We're playing to win in 2012, and we're getting started now.  The campaign for legalization in Colorado begins today and will not end until we become the first -- or one of the first -- in the nation to establish a legal marijuana market for all adults. 

SAFER has been working with the leaders of several organizations on plans for a statewide initiative in Colorado, and we will soon introduce a measure that would legalize marijuana and regulate it in a manner similar to alcohol.  Over the past five years we have built a large coalition of organizations, elected officials, and citizens across the state, and now that the 2010 election is over, we are moving full-steam ahead with a plan to organize, mobilize, and energize our coalition and potential voters across Colorado.

According to a 9 News/Denver Post poll released last week, 46 percent of likely 2010 voters would have supported such a measure, while just 43 percent would have opposed it.  The poll echoes previous and recent internal polls showing support for regulating marijuana around 50 percent among 2010 likely voters.  And with two years to continue educating voters, the 2012 electorate should be even more favorably inclined toward supporting such a measure.

CLICK HERE or visit http://tinyurl.com/2w2p8uz to be a part of the forthcoming effort in Colorado and hear of ways to get involved in the campaign. 

Alcohol is far more dangerous than marijuana and many other drugs according to a major new study out of the United Kingdom. 

The study was commissioned by Britain's Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and was published online Monday in the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, according to the Associated Press.

Heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine, or crystal meth, were the most lethal to individuals. When considering their wider social effects, alcohol, heroin and crack cocaine were the deadliest. But overall, alcohol outranked all other substances, followed by heroin and crack cocaine. Marijuana, ecstasy and LSD scored far lower. [Emphasis added in bold]