On Tuesday, SAFER called on government officials to allow marijuana lounges in airports nationwide to alleviate the growing problem of drunk and disorderly passengers causing trouble on commercial flights. The move followed a federal hearing in Denver for a woman who got wasted before and during her flight, tried to light a cigarette, was detained, broke through her plastic handcuffs, and punched a flight attendant.

The initial story from Denver's Fox affiliate station was featured on the Drudge Report, and it subsequently blew up. 

SAFER's press conference in front of the Federal Aviation Administration building in Denver was well-attended and resulted in a number of telvision news stories. Check out the great ABC 7 story with video (on the right side of the page w/ the little camera).

The proposal also sparked a great Rocky Mountain News story, this great Denver Post story, a story from the local NBC affiliate, coverage on the Huffington Post, a Wired.com blog entry, and tons of coverage on television news affiliates and radio programs around the country. You can hear an interview with SAFER Executive Director Mason Tvert with Jay Marvin on AM 760, and tonight Mason will be a guest on the Alan Colmes Show (of Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes"). The story even managed to reach the aviation niche with blog posts such as this one on Aero-News.Net.

Mason also appeared on the Fox affiliate station in San Francisco and Oakland this morning, as well as on the Live Desk program on the Fox News Channel this afternoon.