Not really, but those crazy kids in Denton did set up a little cardboard shack promoting the benefits of cannabis at a recent Habitat For Humanity fundraiser on the campus, reports Toke of the Town. The effort was launched by the UNT outpost of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, led by chapter president Danielle Farley, to highlight their push to change the school’s policy towards marijuana possession:
UNT NORML meets this week with the Student Government Association in an effort to change the UNT Policy for first-time possession of marijuana to the same punishment as the first-time possession of alcohol.
“Marijuana has been proven, after all, to be a safer alternative to alcohol,” Farley said. “It’s time that North Texans learn the truth about marijuana.”
“Every objective study on marijuana has concluded that it is FAR safer than alcohol,” Farley said. “Yet most of the nation’s colleges and universities punish students far more for using marijuana than for using alcohol. In doing so, they are sending a dangerous message that fosters and perpetuates a ‘culture of alcohol’ on campuses nationwide, and drives students to drink rather than make the rational, safer choice to use marijuana instead.”
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Oh that’s just great. I have a grown arse man of a husband who still smokes marijuana and drinks beer and anything alcoholic like a fish. We still live in Denton and he’s just going to have more reasons to justify his unhealthy lifestyle. I am opposed to justifying illegal drug use and alcohol. they’re both not good and can possibly have bad effects in one’s life even if you say one’s “better that the other”.
Does this mean I still have to sleep in the back-house, Yasmin? Bcause, truth be told, I’ve grown to kind of like it out there.
The worst weed-related news in Denton this week is that the man went and tore down the Leaning House.
I am in Denver…There are dispensaries everywhere…I don’t think crime is any worse here than DFW.
“Hey Texas….”
Marijuana is a relatively harmless recreational drug used daily by millions of Americans. There is no reason to put people into jail for smoking dope. Don’t bring your personal problems into this issue, Mrs. Routon. Alcohol is legal, deal with it. Pot is illegal, and that is silly.