Group Asks Students to Vote to Lessen Action Against Possessors

Today is the last day for students to show support for a referendum calling for UT to reduce penalties for the use and possession of marijuana.

A local branch of the public education group Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation has been collecting signatures since mid-January to place the referendum on the upcoming student election ballot.

The referendum asks that the University's punishment for the use and possession of marijuana be no more severe than the punishment for illegal drinking, because the effects of alcohol are more dangerous than the effects of marijuana, said Ann Del Llano, SAFER Austin coordinator.

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