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State Initiative Next Step for Marijuana Backers By Alan Gathright
Rocky Mountain News December 29, 2005 Colorado
Marijuana advocates vowed from the Capitol steps Wednesday to put a statewide measure
legalizing adult pot possession on Colorado's November ballot and mobilize an army of voters to
pass it. The statewide campaign is fueled by outrage over Denver authorities' rejection of
Initiative 100, said Mason Tvert, campaign director for the initiative's sponsor, Safer Alternative
for Enjoyable Recreation.
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Officials Sniff at Bid To Legalize Marijuana By Bill McKeown
Gazette December 29, 2005 Colorado
Two top law enforcement officials in the Pikes Peak region think proponents of a statewide
initiative to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana will not find much support
here. The group Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, or SAFER, held a news conference
Wednesday at the state Capitol to announce plans to seek voter approval to legalize possession
of an ounce or less of marijuana for those 21 years or older.
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Pot Measure Rolled Out at Capitol By Alan Gathright
Rocky Mountain News December 28, 2005 Colorado
Marijuana advocates vowed today to put a statewide measure legalizing pot possession on the
November ballot and mobilize an "army of new voters" to pass it. Mason Tvert, campaign director
of Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) said the campaign is fueled by frustration
over Denver authorities' rejection of Initiative 100, which Denver voters passed Nov. 1,
ostensibly making it legal for adults to possess up to one ounce of pot.
Read More... http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread21418.shtml

Pro-Got Group Aims at State Law in '06 By Alan Gathright
Rocky Mountain News December 28, 2005 Colorado
The same pro-pot group that persuaded Denver voters to approve a measure legalizing adult
marijuana possession in the city is now firing up a statewide campaign to place an identical
initiative on Colorado's fall 2006 ballot. The group, Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation,
plans to hold a news conference this morning outside the State Capitol announcing the launch of
the effort. The statewide "Colorado Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative," seeks voter
approval to make it legal for people 21 or older to possess 1 ounce or less of weed.
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Pro-Pot Group Seeks State Vote By Christopher N. Osher
Denver Post December 28, 2005 Colorado
Just two months after persuading Denver voters to legalize possession of small amounts of
marijuana, proponents today will announce plans for a similar statewide initiative. The group
Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, or SAFER, will hold a news conference in front of the
state Capitol today to announce its filing of a proposed 2006 statewide ballot initiative.
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Grass Roots By Douglas Brown
Denver Post December 27, 2005 Colorado
They car pool in Crestmoor, read bedtime stories in Washington Park, and when they're away
from the kids, these Denver moms sometimes retrieve the hidden baggie, pack a pipe or roll a
joint, and smoke a little weed. "It slows me down," says a Washington Park 40-something mother
of a 10-year-old daughter. "It's a nice, relaxing, low-key thing." One Denver psychologist, the
46-year-old mother of a young child, smokes because it helps her find "that space that is so
about me and not about being a parent."
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Controversial Pot Billboard Goes Up

Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative
WHEREAS, according to the National Institutes of Health, an average
of 317 Americans die annually as the result of alcohol overdoses; and
WHEREAS, there has never been even a single fatal marijuana overdose
recorded in the medical literature, as noted by the British Medical Journal in
September 2003; and
WHEREAS, according to U.S. Department of Justice, “About 3 million
crimes occur each year in which victims perceive the offender to have been
drinking at the time of the offense. Among those victims who provided
information about the offender’s use of alcohol, about 35% of the
victimizations involved an offender who had been drinking”; and
WHEREAS, extensive research, documented in official reports by the
British government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and the Canadian
Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, among others, shows that -- unlike
alcohol -- marijuana use is not generally a cause of violence or aggressive
behavior and in fact tends to reduce violence and aggression;
WHEREAS, it is the intent of this ordinance to have the private adult use
and possession of marijuana treated in the same manner as the private adult
use and possession of alcohol;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER



Marijuana Madness
Editorial*San Francisco Chronicle December 29, 2005
American law enforcement has a proud tradition of courageous souls standing up against corrupt and dangerous criminal elements. Think Eliot Ness, the federal agent who prosecuted Al Capone, or Frank Serpico, the New York cop who at great personal risk exposed dirty cops within his department. Then think about the new focus of American law enforcement -- marijuana -- and ask yourself if the expense of arresting, prosecuting and jailing offenders makes sense.
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The 'Virtues' of Ganja



Legitimizing Ganja

"If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives,
and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas,
they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets.
We will control ourselves."
Howard Zinn, historian and author

Activists Vehemently Thwart Frisco DEAth Raid

Of all tyrannies,
a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
-- C.S. Lewis, in "The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment,"
an essay from "God In The Dock

Protest Massive DEAth Raids in San DEAgo!

Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency".
It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor
countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback.
And "emergency" became the justification of the subsequent steps.
This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains.
— Herbert Hoover

Drugwar Lies Linked to Schizophrenia

The passing of an unjust law is the suicide of authority.
-- Pastoral Letter of the American Roman Catholic Hierarchy, February 1920

Fascism 101: Fed Ganja Monopoly Challenged

Whenever the offense inspires less horror than the punishment,
the rigor of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.
-- Edward Gibbon,
"The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," 1776

S.D. Family Seeks The Right To Grow Hemp

Abusus non tollit usum. [Abuse is no argument against proper use.
-- Latin proverb

Ganjawar Monger "DEAth" Cunningham Busted

Government exists to protect us from each other.
Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
-- Ronald Reagan, The New York Times, April 13, 1980