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NFL's Buzzkill: No Beer at Giants Stadium by Paul Armentano
Washington Examiner OpEd

Following a string of violent incidents - including a pair of stabbings - between rowdy football fans during the team's previous games, Giants Stadium officials made the bold move to halt sales of the intoxicant. The rationale for the ban? Jets spokesman Ron Colangelo could not have been more blunt: "It's for the safety of our fans."

Alcohol's long-standing association with aggressive behavior, whether it's among raucous sports fans or late-night bar patrons, is well-publicized and much debated. Yet, a relevant fact that is often overlooked in this public discourse is that an alternative, almost equally consumed intoxicant, is rarely, if ever, linked with violence - - marijuana. However, unlike alcohol, marijuana is illegal and not only at Giants Stadium.



Hypocrisy 101: Why is Ganja even tested?

Run Ricky Run by Fred Gardner
Ricky Williams won't be playing in 2004. In late July he made two related announcements: that he was retiring from football, and that he found marijuana to be "10 times more helpful than Paxil" as a confidence builder.
(Glaxo has purged him from the Paxil website.)

Ricky Williams Feared Public Reaction to Marijuana Use

Stoner sportsmen
In team sports around the globe, top players love to get high.

Ricky Williams Latest Victim of Marijuana Prohibition
NFL Star's Choice of Relief for Social Anxiety Disorder Forces Him to End Career Prematurely
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NFL star Ricky Williams is the victim of a double standard that punishes private, adult use of marijuana while turning a blind eye to flagrant alcohol abuse, the Marijuana Policy Project announced today.

Legalize It! July 29, 2004


MIAMI (AP) -- July 29, 2004
Retired Dolphins running back Ricky Williams said he failed a third drug test for marijuana use, which would cost him a four-game suspension if he decides to return to the NFL, The Miami Herald reported on its Web site Thursday.

Fans Too Relaxed for Fights

Cannabis Helps Keep Fans Calm
Police also claimed that the availability of cannabis in the Netherlands probably helped to defuse any violence. Scores of ticketless England fans gathered in coffee shops in Eindhoven, where cannabis is sold and smoked, to watch the game, greeting the defeat with mild disappointment and unusually, gentle applause. "It (cannabis) may have helped relax them," Mr Beelan added. "Even the hooligans enjoyed the party - and they told our officers. There were lots of things for fans to do and everybody had a good time."

Basketball Riots in L.A., Soccer Thugs in Europe

Euro 2000 Soccer Violence Could Vanish in a Puff



Mark Souder is the scum of the earth

Jive Souder: Drug Sentencing Reform Act

Congress Considers Dangerous Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Ganja
Ask Your Member of Congress To Oppose H.R.1528!

Act Retracts Financial Aid From Marijuana Users By Hilary Stohs-Krause
Source: Daily Nebraskan October 03, 2005 Nebraska *
Rape. Murder. Drunk driving.
None of these crimes will cost college students their Pell Grants, but walking down the street with a joint could. As of July 1, 2000, a provision in the Higher Education Act mandated that students’ eligibility for federal financial aid be suspended if they are convicted under federal or state laws of offenses involving the possession or sale of controlled substances.
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Higher Education Act
In 1998, Congress passed an amendment authored by Rep. Mark Souder that denies federal financial aid to any student with a drug conviction. Given the racially disproportionate enforcement of drug laws, the Souder-amendment has a greater impact on people of color than whites. Also, the Souder-amendment only punishes working class and middle class students since wealthy students do not rely on financial aid to attend college.

Food Stamps Become a Weapon in the War on Drugs

Drug Ruling Worries Some in Public Housing

New Bill Has Draconian Penalties - norml 11.29.03
As the 2003 Congressional legislative session comes to a close, Rep. Mark Souder, one of the most ardent drug warriors in Congress, intends to introduce legislation to drastically increase penalties for certain marijuana offenses.



Aggression and Violence in Sport


English Arsenal soccer fans beat a Galatasaray fan before the UEFA Cup final in central Copenhagen.

Tired of alcohol-fueled violence in sports?
The Washington Post covers the dangerous alcohol-fueled behavior
that takes place in many stadiums around the nation

Communities Tell Big Alcohol “Stop Using Kids as Billboards!”
Advocates reject alcohol-labeled T-shirts sold to young shoppers at JC Penney stores

"All propaganda must be so popular and on such an intellectual level, that even the most stupid of those towards whom it is directed will understand it. Therefore, the intellectual level of the propaganda must be lower the larger the number of people who are to be influenced by it."

Just Say No?

"Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.
From Benito Mussolini
contributing to the "London Sunday Express," December 8, 1935

Beer will get you laid, well ...


Advertising like political propaganda is the art of getting people
to believe in a dream world and advertisers know what buttons to push,

college students and binge drinking
Harvard university Study Finds that More College Sports Fans Binge Drink Than Non-Fan Students. Targeted Marketing and Advertising by the Alcohol Industry is Likely to be Influencing Fans' Heavy Drinking



Under the Influence
A compilation of Alcoholic-Beverage Industry Political Contributions to Members of the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1997-1998

While few in politics claim that political contributions "buy" votes, almost everyone would agree that political contributions create access for the donor to express his or her ideas to a politician, and they often help produce an "open mind" that is conducive to a sympathetic understanding of the donor's views.

Alcohol-Industry Contributions
The alcoholic-beverage industry contributed a total of $294,690 to members of the House Appropriations Committee during the last election cycle (See Tables 3A and 3B). On average, members of the committee received $4,829 from alcoholic-beverage industry sources during the 1997-98 time period.