Pubdate: Thu, 26 Apr 2012
Source: Boulder Weekly (CO)
Copyright: 2012 Tristan Gulliford
Contact:  http://www.boulderweekly.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/57
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n220/a03.html
Author: Tristan Gulliford

CU SHOULD RETHINK 4/20 CRACKDOWN

(Re: "Nipping 4/20 in the bud," cover story, April 12.) To all CU 
campus administrators involved in 4/20 planning: As a CU alum I would 
like you to know that the majority of CU students disagree with your 
approach to the 4/20 event.

Your attempts to suppress civil disobedience and free speech against
unjust laws only shows how out of touch you are with the feelings and
desires of your student body. Imprisoning people for non-violent
protest and ruining your students' future job prospects is rooted in
an antiquated and tragically misinformed view of the marijuana plant,
which has been proven safe over 50 years of scientific study.

If the CU administration wishes to stop destructive drug abuse on
campus, alcohol abuse is clearly the area to address.

Let's compare, shall we? A handful of students have literally died
directly due to alcohol poisoning on campus in the past decade. The
number of students who have died as a result of 4/20 or as a result of
marijuana use is, of course, zero. Rape and domestic violence, both
major problems on campus, have been linked to alcohol abuse time and
time again.

If CU wants to improve its reputation as an academic institution, the
university should address the far more dangerous and destructive habit
of alcohol abuse on campus, not marijuana.

Let's be realistic: alcohol is killing your students, not
pot!

Tristan Gulliford/via Internet
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