Potential First Lady Cindy McCain is a Drug Dealer and she deals a far more harmful drug than marijuana: Alcohol
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"SAFER Skies" effort blows up!
| Written by SAFER |
| Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
| 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. |
| Denver marijuana enforcement on trial Tuesday |
| Written by SAFER |
| Sunday, 25 May 2008 |
| For the first time since voters called for an end to arrests for adult marijuana possession, a case challenging Denver's continued marijuana enforcement will go to trial on Tuesday, May 27. The case of 24-year-old Timothy Arndt will be heard by Judge James Breese and a six-person jury in Courtroom in Denver Municipal Court. In February, Tim was stopped in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Denver and found to be in possession of just 0.4 grams of marijuana, or about one-fourteenth of an ounce. He has since had to make four trips to Denver Municipal Court, taking the time of one magistrate, one judge (three times), a six-person jury, up to four city attorneys (on several occasions), and court clerks and staff.The use of the Denver Crime Lab to analyze the marijuana to ensure it was marijuana, despite the fact that Tim admitted it was marijuana. The city can only recover a $100 fine if they succeed in their prosecution.The city has (and has had) the ability to drop the case at any time. Perhaps most disturbing about this entire situation is that Tim stands to lose his college financial aid if he is needlessly convicted of this offense (which the city in which he lives has declared is not an offense at all). Fortunately, there are groups likeStudents for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)out there leading the charge to repeal these counter-productive policies at the federal level. |
New statewide effort in the works
SAFER will soon be announcing details of a new statewide push to work with activists, organizations, and elected officials around Colorado toward reforms in local and state marijuana laws.
The long term project will entail efforts to change local laws, increase support for reform around the state, build a broader coalition in favor of reform, and continue educating the public about the need for change in marijuana laws and policies.
This will be a massive endeavor that could lead to Colorado becoming the first state to opt out of marijuana prohibition. Please stay tuned and in touch to hear more about this project and how you can get involved.
Denver: Ground Zero
All eye's on Mile HIgh City as reform moves forward
Denver voters approved Initiated Question 100 in Nov. 2007, making private adult possession of small amounts of marijuana the city's lowest law enforcement priority.
The measure also established the Denver Marijuana Policy Review Panel, which is charged with implementing the law to the greatest extent possible. The panel has only met twice, but it has already proposed a major policy recommendation that will be up for a vote at its next meeting May 28th.
The proposed recommendation directs the Denver CIty Attorney's Office to stop prosecuting cases of simple adult possession unless ther is a compelling resaon to do so. The recommendation comes on the heels of news that Denver prosecutors and police have completely defied the will of the voters and taken no action to change the way they handle adult marijuana use.
In August, just as the Democratic National Convention is arriving in town, Denver officials will have to report the numbers of arrests and prosecutions so far in 2008. It is hoped the press will take notice and foster discussion of the marijuana issue in light of Denver being at its forefront!
More Colleges adopt SAFER measures
SAFER got its start organizing on college campuses and speaking out against university policies that punish students more for marijuana use than for alcohol use.
Since then, we have helped students at schools around the country introduce and campaign for SAFER referendums and resolutions that demonstrate the students' opinion that marijuana is safer than alcohol and colleges should treat it that way.
This month Ohio State became the latest school to adopt a SAFER referendum (April 21- 60-40). The College of DuPage, just outside of Chicago, with about 29,000 students also passed a referendum this month (67-33) making it the first community college to consider a SAFER measure.
Students at the University of Central Florida also adopted a SAFER referendum this year. UCF is located in Orlando and has more than 40,000 undergraduate students. SAFER worked closely with the UCF chapter of NORML on the measure, which received 57 percent of the vote, along with endorsements from the campus newspaper and the incoming student president. The referendum resulted in the creation of a university task force consisting of student leaders and administrators, which will be creating new guidelines for campus punishments for campus marijuana punishments.
Students have adopted SAFER measures at:
2005 - Colorado State University, University of Colorado - Boulder
2006 - Florida State University, University of Maryland, University of Texas-Austin
2007 - College of William and Mary, George Washington University, University of Washington
2008 - Ohio State, College of DuPage, University of Central Florida