Attention Colorado: We Need You Today

Earlier this week, SAFER asked you to call on Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to replace Lt. Ernie Martinez on the Denver Marijuana Policy Review Panel after a letter was discovered in which he compared supporters of marijuana legalization to "a cancer eating away at society's resolve and moral fiber."

Hundreds of you sent messages to Mayor Hickenlooper, letting him know such a viewpoint completely contradicts the Panel's mission and that Lt. Martinez should be removed. To our knowledge he has not responded to you or to the media.

A response is needed, and if the Mayor isn't going to provide one, we will!

We need as many people as possible to attend the next meeting of the Denver Marijuana Policy Review Panel, which will be this coming Tuesday (2/23) at the Denver City and County Building (1437 Bannock St.). SAFER will be holding a news conference beforehand, which will begin at 3 p.m., so PLEASE arrive by 2:45 p.m. As Hickenlooper begins his campaign to become Colorado's next governor, we must make sure he knows...

WHAT: News conference and meeting of the Denver Marijuana Policy Review Panel

WHEN: This TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2:45 p.m.

WHERE: In front of the Denver City and County Bldg, 1437 Bannock St. (map/directions)

WHY: To call on Mayor Hickenlooper to remove Lt. Ernie Martinez from the Panel and follow the will of Denver voters

After voters approved a new ordinance designating marijuana possession Denver's lowest law enforcement priority, Mayor Hickenlooper appointed a Panel to implement the new law "to the greatest extent possible." Why would he appoint Lt. Martinez -- an anti-marijuana crusader and the head of an organization fighting to keep marijuana illegal and wipe out medical marijuana -- to a panel that is working to reduce marijuana arrests and prosecutions?

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.

'Marijuana is SAFER' book review

This book is a MUST Read for Everyone in America!

I finished reading the book "Marijuana is SAFER... So why are we driving people to drink?" for a second time just recently and literally I couldn't put the book down reading it a second time with a yellow highlighter in hand.


This book is Absolutely Fantastic! This should be a real eye opener for anyone who is still hypnotized by "Reefer Madness". This book Exposes the Lies, Racism and false propaganda that is responsible for much of today's crime and gang problems, responsible for the extreme petroleum era damage to our earth, and the ruining or ending the lives of 100's of Millions of People Worldwide.

The book is authored by 3 of the great minds on the subject of Prohibition today. Steve Fox MPP, Paul Armentano NORML'S Deputy Director and Mason Tvert of SAFER based here in beautiful Denver, Colorado. With a wonderful forward by Former Police Chef Norm Stamper now a Director with LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition)

This in-depth book is broke down into 3 parts...

Part One: The Choice: Marijuana vs. Alcohol
According to a study 90% of Americans have drank alcohol while 45% of Americans have smoked marijuana. Being that marijuana is still illegal, it is hard to come up with accurate numbers on users nation wide but in the study America came in, of course #1 in marijuana uses by adults world wide. Americans spend just over $130 billion a year on alcohol making it the number 1 way Americans alter there natural state. The marijuana industry in American alone tops an estimated $110 million and that's with $0.00 in advertising giving alcohol a run for its money.

Part Two: Choice, Interrupted
"Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." Abraham Lincoln (1809-65) 18 Dec. 1840, to Illinois House of Representatives

Part Three: Freedom to Choice
In this chapter they have an excellent vision of the future with a story of someone getting off a long hard day at the office, driving home stopping at the movie store then heading to the local marijuana store. A licensed and regulated business that sells locally grown cannabis by the gram to legal aged adults. Its a great vision of the future and I know after reading this book i am ready to fight for it as well. Are you?