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Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) Check out (and Digg) this Huffington Post piece from SAFER's Mason Tvert regarding UK pop star Joss Stone's recent comments about marijuana being safer than alcohol.
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Stone is not alone in her belief that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. She has some pretty solid back-up among the UK's scientific community.
Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) Executive Director Mason Tvert will be a guest on former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley's Florida-based radio show today around 4:35-4:50p MST. There is a "Listen Live" button on the Seaview AM 960 site, but I don't know that it is working properly.
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Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) Popular English singer Joss Stone has come under attack for simply highlighting the fact that marijuana is safer than alcohol. Earlier this month, the UK's top drug policy advisor was fired after making similar comments, prompting other UK drug policy officials to resign and the nation's chief science advisor to come o...ut in his defense. What is the bloody problem with people pointing out the facts on marijuana and alcohol?
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The 22-year-old has enraged anti-drug campaigners after it was suggested she made the comments in a desperate attempt to drum up publicity for her new album.
Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) Great column from the Colorado Springs Gazette comparing the "Medical Reefer Madness" currently taking place in Colorado to the "Medical Alcohol Madness" that took place in the state during Prohibition - http://tinyurl.com/yemons4
Abuse of medicinal drug laws in Colorado Springs did not start with Marijuana | colorado, springs, g
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Robinson Drugstore, on the corner of Pikes Peak and Tejon Streets was one of many local pharmacies that sold liquor in spite of strict local prohibition laws.
Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) Breckenridge votes to remove all penalties for adult marijuana possession! Congratulations to Sensible Colorado, who ran a great campaign. The Huffington Post has published Mason Tvert's piece about it:
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Ski resorts are offering everything from large discounts to specialty cheeseburgers to attract people to their towns. Perhaps offering skiers and snowboarders a hassle-free environment in which they can relax and recreate with marijuana could do the trick.
Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) The first installment of the Denver Post's new weekend Q & A section, the "Sunday Sitdown," featured SAFER's Mason Tvert discussing medical marijuana in Colorado and the nationwide movement to reform marijuana laws.
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Smoking pot is safer than drinking alcohol
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Read SAFER's open letter to the drug czar regarding his
recent statement referring to marijuana legalization as a "non-starter," and sign the
on-line petition calling on him to start explaining.
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Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) works to educate the public about the fact that marijuana is safer than alcohol. Through its social welfare lobbying arm, the SAFER Voter Education Fund (SVEF), it advocates for laws and policies that reflect that fact.
Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) This past weekend, popular blog Firedoglake's Book Salon featured SAFER cofounder and "Marijuana Is Safer" coauthor Steve Fox, who takes on all comers in a pretty lengthy discussion about the book and its message.
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Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) Check out this great column out today from bestselling author and nationally syndicated columnist David Sirota. It discusses the hypocritical treatment of super-athletes Michael Phelps (who used marijuana) and Lance Armstrong (who is now endorsing beer), and includes a quote from SAFER executive director Mason Tvert regarding the situation.
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This week SAFER joined forces with the UCCS chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy to call out the University's "Healthy Choices Fair," which provided information about "responsible alcohol use" and refused to include information about the relative harms of alcohol and marijuana. Great story below from the local ...NBC affiliate, as well as in the Co. Springs Gazette - http://www.gazette.com/articles/pot-6411
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"I heard about the healthy choices fair and it seemed a really good opportunity to educate the student body about the relative harms of alcohol versus cannibis," said Stephanie Morphet, of Students for Sensible Drug Policy.