SAFER launches nationwide boycott of Starbucks

Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee has contributed to the Colorado Drug Investigators Association, the lobbying group spearheading the anti-marijuana effort in the state of Colorado. And Mason Tvert, the head of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), and everyone at Mile High NORML has called for a boycott of Starbucks Coffee and several other business around the neighborhood.

According to S.A.F.E.R.

According to a recent report in The Denver Post , state and federal law enforcement officials have been meddling in Colorado's legislative process in hopes of rolling back the state's progress toward safer, more rational marijuana laws. As a result, bills are being introduced on their behalf, which threaten to shut down every medical marijuana dispensary in the state and allow these officials to continue harassing medical marijuana patients.

In particular, the Colorado Drug Investigators Association (CDIA), the group spearheading anti-marijuana lobbying efforts, is sponsored by several local and national businesses including Starbucks Coffee, Glock handguns, and -- you guessed it -- members of the alcohol industry! This might seem a bit odd, but when you consider the fact that their Web site and merchandise features the grim reaper and military helicopters, a skull motif, and the slogan, "Death on Drugs," it all makes a little more sense. These guys are not out to protect people; they're out to fight a literal war on marijuana, ensuring alcohol -- the substance that contributes most to the crime and violence that keeps them busy -- is the only legal recreational drug available.