cannabisnews.com: The 'Virtues' of Pot The 'Virtues' of Pot Posted by CN Staff on October 23, 2005 at 14:13:38 PT Editorial Source: Rocky Mountain News Colorado -- The revised message on the billboard promoting passage of the pro-marijuana initiative I-100 in Denver is just as dubious as the earlier one but at least it's less graphic. Under public pressure, sponsors withdrew a proposed board that included a photo of a battered woman and her abuser, with the slogan, "Reduce family and community violence in Denver. Vote Yes on I-100." It failed to mention that the measure would theoretically make it legal for adults to possess up to an ounce of pot in Denver, although it wouldn't preempt state law. The new board has only text that reads, "Alcohol use makes domestic violence 8 times more likely . . . Marijuana use does not. Vote Yes on I-100." That's an unproven claim but it's within the bounds of fair political debate. And the sponsors are finally willing to concede the measure has something to do with pot. That's a step forward.Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO)Published: October 23, 2005Copyright: 2005 Denver Publishing Co.Contact: letters rockymountainnews.comWebsite: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:Safer Choicehttp://www.saferchoice.org/Change The Climatehttp://www.changetheclimate.org/Marijuana Backers Remove Woman's Photohttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21212.shtmlPot Backers Try Againhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21210.shtmlControversial Pot Billboard Goes Uphttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread21209.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #8 posted by FoM on October 24, 2005 at 17:21:47 PT mayan It must change in Ohio. People just can't afford to live here. So many taxes and so few jobs. We need a good factory to move into our area and that would help. If a person doesn't drive a truck or work in the oil fields there just isn't any work anymore. [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by mayan on October 24, 2005 at 17:14:29 PT FoM So Blackwell is counting on a returned favor for delivering Ohio to Bush? I wouldn't count on it if I was him. The Bushies' "bag O' favors" is about empty and republicans in Ohio are soon to be an endangered species! [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by FoM on October 24, 2005 at 08:10:31 PT mayan Blackwell is running for governor so I will vote for whoever is a Democrat but I hope it's Dennis Kucinich. We must get rid of Republican control of our state. They are destroying us. That's not just my feeling but everyone that I know. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by Hope on October 24, 2005 at 08:06:53 PT Runruff I like your version. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by mayan on October 24, 2005 at 03:00:58 PT Illegal Paint Job FoM, Ohio is already blue. It got painted red illegally by Ken Blackwell and the neo-cons! Considering that your current republican governor has the lowest poll numbers in the history of this country, I'd say Ohio is at the very least, purple. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by FoM on October 23, 2005 at 18:36:33 PT mayan Vermont people seem like my kind of people. They seem to put an importance on issues I care about. I'm not political as everyone knows but I sure wish Dennis Kucinich would run for Governor. He would transform Ohio into a lovely blue state I believe. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by mayan on October 23, 2005 at 18:21:53 PT Hook, Line & Sinker And the sponsors are finally willing to concede the measure has something to do with pot. The sponsors didn't need to mention pot in the first ad. They knew that the anti-violence groups and the media would do that for them! Many thanks to them for helping far more folks hear about these ads than the billboards themselves would have reached!On an unrelated note, Dennis Kucinich is still raising hell...Kucinich Uses House Procedure To Demand Documents From White House Iraq Group: http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=35791The seeds of revolution are being sown...Jumping From the Sinking Ship of Empire: Vermonters Move to Secede From USA: http://peakoilanarchy.blogspot.com/ [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by runruff on October 23, 2005 at 14:34:43 PT: Maybe the sign should read............ Alcohol makes, falling down, saying something stupid, puking on yourself, wrecking your car, loosing your paycheck on the way home, commiting adultry with a really ugly dirty tramp, waking up with a black eye, trying to explain to your wife why the knees of your trousers are riped out, loosing you car keys, burning holes in your clothes and car upholstry, spending your rent money, waking up in jail, eight times more likley than smoking marijuana. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment