As part of an
ongoing effort to
educate the public about the relative harms of
alcohol and marijuana,
the
Safer Texas
Campaign will offer $10,000
to anyone who can disprove three statements of
fact that demonstrate that marijuana
is significantly safer than alcohol.
According to the U.S.
Department of Justice, three out of four domestic violence incidents
involving spouses were reported to have involved an offender who had been drinking.
Alcohol-Funded
Congressman
Blocks
Federal
Bill
H.R. 2306 in
Committee
Texas Congressman
Lamar
Smith
ranks
third in
the
House of
Representatives
for
money
accepted
from the alcohol
industry
this
year but
will not
allow a
hearing
on H.R.
2306,
"The End
Federal
Marijuana
Prohibition
Act."
Do alcohol
industry
contributions,
compassion and
public safety
mix?
Texas should not
be spending
$300-400 million
annually on
enforcement of a
marijuana market
ban that serves
to protect
alcohol industry
profits while
inflicting
tremendous pain
and suffering on
the most
vulnerable in
our society.
