SAFER is taking action and

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

It takes just one click and one minute of your time to sign SAFER's on-line petition at http://www.saferchoice.org/petitions/nfl and add your voice to this effort. Then use the petition's "Tell-A-Friend" feature to spread the word to others!

SAFER Executive Director Mason Tvert will visit the league's head office in New York City this week to deliver a formal letter from SAFER and its supporters to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, letting him know that this madness needs to end.
 
Here are some excerpts from SAFER's on-line petition to be delivered to the National Football League:

Players with the National Football League who use marijuana instead of alcohol to relax and recreate are making a rational choice to use a less harmful substance...

Unless the NFL plans to suspend every player who receives a speeding ticket -- which is considered an offense on par with marijuana possession in some states -- it has absolutely no reason to suspend players for the simple use and possession of marijuana. Doing so is not only irrational, but given the NFL's acceptance and blatant promotion of alcohol, it is exceptionally hypocritical...

Marijuana is safer than alcohol and the National Football League's substance abuse policy should be changed immediately to reflect that fact.

Please FORWARD word of this petition!

The more people who sign the petition, the more attention it will receive from the NFL, the media, and the public. Please forward word of it along to any friends, family or co-workers who might agree that it's time the NFL changes its marijuana policy and stops punishing players for making the SAFER choice.