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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.
Denver leaders and law enforcement officials are continuing to ticket small-time pot violators state law.
The "Colorado Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative" would create an identical statewide adult exemption for pot possession up to one ounce, Tvert said, so Denver officials can no longer "ignore the will of the voters by hiding behind state law."
Tvert said SAFER will stick to the controversial campaign that apparently helped them pass the Denver initiative: Arguing that adults should have the right to choose marijuana as a safer alternative to alcohol, which initiative backers blame for fueling violence and fatal car wrecks and alcoholism.
To gather the nearly 68,000 signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot, Tvert said: "We plan on bringing out an army of new voters in this state and mobilizing students across the state to get involved, collecting signatures and passing this initiative," he said.
Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO)
Author: Alan Gathright, Rocky Mountain News
Published: December 28, 2005
Copyright: 2005 Denver Publishing Co.
Contact: letters@rockymountainnews.com
Website: https://www.rockymountainnews.com/
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.
Denver leaders and law enforcement officials are continuing to ticket small-time pot violators state law.
The "Colorado Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative" would create an identical statewide adult exemption for pot possession up to one ounce, Tvert said, so Denver officials can no longer "ignore the will of the voters by hiding behind state law."
Tvert said SAFER will stick to the controversial campaign that apparently helped them pass the Denver initiative: Arguing that adults should have the right to choose marijuana as a safer alternative to alcohol, which initiative backers blame for fueling violence and fatal car wrecks and alcoholism.
To gather the nearly 68,000 signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot, Tvert said: "We plan on bringing out an army of new voters in this state and mobilizing students across the state to get involved, collecting signatures and passing this initiative," he said.
Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO)
Author: Alan Gathright, Rocky Mountain News
Published: December 28, 2005
Copyright: 2005 Denver Publishing Co.
Contact: letters@rockymountainnews.com
Website: https://www.rockymountainnews.com/
