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Posted by CN Staff on December 27, 2005 at 08:25:58 PT By Douglas Brown, Denver Post Staff Writer Source: Denver Post 
Colorado -- They car pool in Crestmoor, read bedtime stories in Washington Park, and when they're away from the kids, these Denver moms sometimes retrieve the hidden baggie, pack a pipe or roll a joint, and smoke a little weed. "It slows me down," says a Washington Park 40-something mother of a 10-year-old daughter. "It's a nice, relaxing, low-key thing." One Denver psychologist, the 46-year-old mother of a young child, smokes because it helps her find "that space that is so about me and not about being a parent." "It helps you stop thinking," says a 37-year-old Crestmoor mother of two, a mildly conservative Republican who, like most of the women interviewed, smokes once or twice a week. "I either can't sleep at night because I'm restless, or I can't get in the mood with my husband because my mind is spinning." Her favorite pot-delivery method? Homemade brownies. It wasn't just the stereotypical pot smoker - the 22-year- old skateboarding slacker who measures his days in bong hits, or the hippie sucking back joints from the back of her 1968 VW Bus - who was among the 58,866 Denver residents the city's election commission says voted in November to pass the Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative. These marijuana-loving mamas helped make Denver the first city to legalize small amounts of pot for private adult use. Under state and federal law, however, possession of marijuana remains illegal, and that is why the women were unwilling to have their names printed. Pundits galore characterized the yes vote on the initiative as merely symbolic. But it didn't lack meaning to these moms. Marijuana, they say, should be legalized, and the vote is an important first step. Among other things, the vote "shows just how many pot smokers there are in this city," says a 37-year-old Park Hill publicist, the mother of two young children. The moms trumpet pot as a safe, healthy alternative to alcohol. Marijuana critics say they're fooling themselves. "They are sending those kids a message that it's OK to get high, and they intend to send that message," says Dr. Mary Holley, the director of Mothers Against Meth-Amphetamine, in Alabama. The physician works to organize mothers against all illegal drugs. "That's an extremely destructive message." Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.denverpost.com/lifestyles/ci_3345338 Source: Denver Post (CO) Related Articles & Web Site: Safer Choice Speakout: Time Has Come To Legalize Marijuana Denver Is First City To Legalize Pot Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #6 posted by FoM on December 27, 2005 at 12:37:22 PT |
| I think Female Rebels are sexy as hell! Oops. I mean in general. That made me laugh! Thanks! I don't know if my husband would agree that when I get mad that I'm sexy. He would shut up and run and hide when I get really really angry. I usually find him hiding in the closet! LOL! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by Toker00 on December 27, 2005 at 12:20:23 PT |
| And that Dark Cloud of a closing paragraph. It's illegal because of the sterile, brainwashed minds of the medical (pharmaceutical) industries' mouth pieces like Dr. Mary Holley, whose "Better Idea" is Frankenmeds. The meds that kill and maim thousands yearly while Whole/Cannabis has treated and cured people for thousands of years with no deaths, and no harm. Cannabis contains Creations Natural Compounds of Compassion, Sympathy, Comfort, Healing and Life, for Spirit, Mind and Body. Thank you Creator for your Wonderful Gift! Hiya, Hope! Missed your posts lately. Here's to a New Year of Hope and Understanding. I'm hoping for an extremely active year for protests. Let's end the madness here and abroad as well. Shift the Power to the People. FoM, I like this article, because it hopefully reassures you that women ARE playing a powerful roll in reform. I'd love to see more Female opinion oriented articles, though. You guys rock when you get mad! I think Female Rebels are sexy as hell! Oops. I mean in general. : ) Wage peace on war. END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #4 posted by FoM on December 27, 2005 at 10:05:19 PT |
| Our society uses names to make individuals or groups seem less then an equal. I really resent this anymore. If someone doesn't like me or what I have tried to do with my life that's ok but don't talk down to me. Some people feel superior to others and they aren't at all. It's just wrong. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by Max Flowers on December 27, 2005 at 09:45:18 PT |
| I agree FoM, and when you read that part again you realize that this "writer" is actually perpetuating the very stereotypes that he is supposedly "reporting" about! Also, I don't think he realizes that he sounds hostile/derisive to some people (and I doubt he would care either). [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by FoM on December 27, 2005 at 08:37:58 PT |
| A Skateboarder won a gold medal and Hippies from the 60s have created great music and art for everyone to enjoy. Why do they think they are better then anyone else? [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by FoM on December 27, 2005 at 08:32:25 PT |
| Why do some of these writers write hostile words about people who are part of the culture no matter what age they are? Who do they think they are? Stop talking down about different types and ages of people. *** Excerpt: It wasn't just the stereotypical pot smoker - the 22-year- old skateboarding slacker who measures his days in bong hits, or the hippie sucking back joints from the back of her 1968 VW Bus - who was among the 58,866 Denver residents the city's election commission says voted in November to pass the Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative. [ Post Comment ] |
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