Tell DARE to Admit Marijuana is Safer
Ah, DARE. I still remember all the anti-drug propaganda from my fifth grade year. I remember thinking they should work on their descriptions of what drugs can do to you, because some of them sounded fun, like, “they make you feel like you’re flying.” Really? Gimme some of THAT! (I was obssessed with birds, what can I say?).
My thoughts about plant allies are much different now…although I don’t personally use anything stronger than chamomile.
Anyhow, now’s your chance to tell DARE what time it is. Dare them to admit that marijuana is safer than alcohol.
From our author Mason Tvert:
It’s time for the nation’s largest drug education program to get its facts straight when it comes to the world’s two most popular recreational substances.
In a guest column in opposition to the marijuana reform initiative on the ballot in California, DARE America Chairman Skip Miller goes off about how marijuana “mushes up your brain,” “lowers inhibitions,” and “makes users engage in risky behavior.” Meanwhile, the DARE America website discusses how “[s]ocial drinking is an acceptable and pleasurable activity for millions of Americans,” which “relaxes you, curbs stress, and chases away inhibitions.”
DARE instructors from across the nation are gathering this week for the DARE International Training Conference. We can’t help but assume they will be instructed to continue spreading this misguided and potentially dangerous message that alcohol is an acceptable form of intoxication for adults, yet marijuana is just too harmful, cannot be consumed responsibly, and thus should never be allowed as an alternative.
Take action today and send DARE a message!
Fill out the form on this site:
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5559/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2121
Mason, along with Paul Armentano and Steve Fox, is the author of Marijuana is Safer, So Why are we Driving People to Drink?, which was read online a whopping 138,799 times since our special promotion on 4/20/2010.
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