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Marijuana Policy Project In Denver Wednesday

By Jeralyn, Section Crime Policy
Posted on Tue May 24, 2005 at 06:13:35 PM EST
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If you are going to be in Denver Wednesday and support marijuana reform, head over to the Rialto Cafe on the 16th St. Mall (934 Sixteenth Street) at 6:30 pm.

On Wednesday, May 25, Marijuana Policy Project Executive Director Rob Kampia is hosting a fundraiser at the Rialto Cafe. The money raised at this event will stay in Colorado and help fund a signature drive to place a marijuana initiative on the Denver citywide ballot this November. This initiative, if passed, would make the private, adult possession of less than one ounce of marijuana legal under city ordinances.

Rob will speak around 7:00 pm. It's in the "Gallery Room." There's a suggested $50 minimum contribution to attend. SAFER needs $5,000 more to ensure they have the resources necessary to qualify for the ballot. Cash bar and appetizers. Please call MPP’s Jaycee Dempsey at 202-462-5747, ext. 107, or e-mail her at jdempsey@mpp.org to RSVP.

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    Marijuana Policy Project In Denver Wednesday | 4 comments (4 topical)
    Re: Marijuana Policy Project In Denver Wednesday (none / 0) (#2)
    by pigwiggle on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:52:56 PM EST
    “ … where is that stash gonna come from??” Even if that were resolved the feds have made it clear they will intervene anywhere local drug laws conflict with federal drug laws. Perhaps if Ashcroft v. Raich is decided correctly then we will be faced with the catch 22 of no legal source for a legal consumable.

    Re: Marijuana Policy Project In Denver Wednesday (none / 0) (#1)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:54:18 PM EST
    This initiative, if passed, would make the private, adult possession of less than one ounce of marijuana legal under city ordinances.
    Sounds good...but if it is still illegal to grow or sell the stuff...then what good does this do? I mean, where is that stash gonna come from??

    Re: Marijuana Policy Project In Denver Wednesday (none / 0) (#3)
    by SeeEmDee on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:18 PM EST
    IMHO, these kinds of efforts may seem quixotic, but in fact have a very important purpose behind them: to illustrate to the public just how nutso our drug laws really are. Most citizens, because they've never been mauled by them, have no idea of how Draconian our drug laws have become. Pointing out the illogicalities of this - having the right to possess, but not procure - tends to make people think where previously they had no clue...or interest. And that's just what the opponents of these kinds of efforts don't want happening, because it eventually leads to debate. A debate which cannot be won by the drug warriors. Just debating the history of the development of marijuana laws in this country would prove an embarassment to them; hard to say with a straight face that marijuana prohibition was based upon scientific research when the only person medically qualified to testify at the time claimed it had been studied extensively before several times and there were no serious damages attached to marijuana use. And I am not making this up: The History of the Non-Medical Use of Drugs in the United States by Charles Whitebread, Professor of Law, USC Law School The point is the marijuana laws are based upon absurdities and outright (politically and corporately motivated) lies which have never been effectively challenged...until now. Showing just how assinine these laws are is half the battle of eliminating them.

    Re: Marijuana Policy Project In Denver Wednesday (none / 0) (#4)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:18 PM EST
    I know a solution to the Catch-22: just tell them that your pot was miraculously created by God himself. Point to the many right-wing tributes to creationism as a precedent.

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