According to this piece in the Florida Times-Union, an effort to decriminalize marijuana in Jacksonville Beach has begun to spread throughout the region, and the backers are using the opportunity to highlight the relative safety of marijuana compared to alcohol.

A longtime effort to decriminalize marijuana possession in Jacksonville Beach has expanded to Atlantic Beach, as well as to Orlando and Tallahassee...

[Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy Chairman Ford] Banister said the committee is also stressing a Marijuana is Safer than Alcohol campaign that asserts that marijuana is less addictive, less toxic and less likely to lead to violence than alcohol.

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