Students at Florida State University have once again voted overwhelmingly in favor of reducing campus penalties for marijuana use so that they are equal to those for alcohol use. They approved the following question by a margin of 65-35:

Do you think the penalties for on-campus marijuana possession should be lowered to be equivalent to the penalties for on-campus under-age drinking?

SAFER worked with FSU NORML back in 2005, to pass a similar measure, and there is no doubt this reinvigorated effort by the campuses NORML and SSDP chapters will reignite the debate on campus. As FSU SSDP President Matthew Zimmerman so clearly put it:

"People shouldn't be discriminated against for choosing marijuana instead of alcohol," Zimmerman said. "We think it's unfair more students get their financial aid stripped away for (possessing) marijuana than for alcohol.