Marijuana Advocates FINALLY Urge Colleges To Mellow Out

I have a new name for you to recognize - Mason Tvert - you see, he's the head of a Denver organization taking on the `pot is safer than alcohol' issue with colleges. And, because of that, he has been urging colleges to view pot violations as no worse than underage drinking violations. Indeed, plenty of facts are brandished about in this article worth considering - as are - the jaded `answers' of some of the colleges when confronted with students who say pot is safer than alcohol.

Which, of course, is the truth.

For example, check out these dumb words by the president emeritus of Vermont's Middlebury College, the person pushing the government to re-consider lowering the age needed to access the hard drug of alcohol to 18 instead of 21:

"The fact is marijuana is prohibited across the board. It's not a matter of age discrimination, as where alcohol is concerned," he said.

Age discrimination? WTF? Is this guy NUTS? Does he NOT understand the difference between Hard Drugs (ones that in a single setting can cause an overdose to the death level) and Soft drugs (one that do NOT kill via overdose)? Indeed, check out this data from the same article:

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, about 1,700 college students ages 18 to 24 die each year from alcohol-related injuries, and 599,000 more are injured. The institute also estimates there are more than 696,000 alcohol-related assaults each year -- two-thirds of them by students under 21.

Or, how about this beyond stupid statement by another person tangentially involved in the pot-alcohol debate:

"We just don't have a lot of highly successful students who are potheads," Workman said.

Can you believe that ANYONE believes that crappola? Talk about needing an education! Here's the link a three minute read. If you are a college student, make sure that your buddies see this.

http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/us/2009/05/16/D987EUMG0_us_pot_penalties_campuses/index.html

Here's some more examples of bloated government:

http://freep.com/uploads/images/2008/07/saggychart0709.jpg How you dress in Michigan could result in a year in jail.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090515.wescalator16/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090515.wescalator16 Woman cuffed for NOT holding handrail on an escalator.

See you tomorrow.