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Believe it or not, this is not an April
Fools' Day story.
In honor of National Alcohol Awareness Month, which starts today,
students at more than 80 colleges across the country are urging their
universities to allow them to use marijuana, rather than making them opt
for the legal party substance, alcohol.
Students plan to distribute fliers comparing the relative harms of
alcohol and pot, and carry signs and banners that read: "This is NOT a
joke... Let us make the SAFER choice!" Georgetown
University students plan to protest at the law school. At the
University of Maryland, students plan to hold a press conference in
front of the university president's office.
"It might be April Fools' Day, but this is not a joke," said U-Md.
student Zach Brown, president of the pro-pot group,
NORML Terps, in a statement. "It's time we stop driving students to
drink and let them make the rational, safer choice to use marijuana when
they party."
The nationwide day of action was organized by Safer Alternative For Enjoyable
Recreation (SAFER), with the help of Students for Sensible Drug
Policy (SSDP) and campus chapters of the National Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).
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