SAFER to Submit More Than 110,000 Signatures in Support of Marijuana Legalization Initiative

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release August 3, 2006 SAFER to Submit More Than 110,000 Signatures in Support of Marijuana Legalization Initiative Proponents to hold press conference immediately prior to submission on Monday Contact: Mason Tvert, 720-255-4340 DENVER - On Monday, August 7, Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) will file its initiative petition to legalize up to one ounce of marijuana under state law with the Secretary of State for approval for the November ballot. Prior to submitting the petitions, SAFER will hold a press conference in front of the Denver City-County Building at 11 a.m. "This past November the people of the City of Denver voted to make the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana legal for adults under city ordinances," said SAFER Campaign Director Mason Tvert. "Yet our cowardly city officials blatantly ignored the will of the people and have continued arresting and prosecuting Denver residents under state law for making the safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol. We think that is wrong, and it appears more than 110,000 people in the great state of Colorado agree with us. "The unresponsive officials in the Denver City-County Building are responsible for this initiative, which will eliminate the law they are using to punish their own law-abiding citizens," continued Tvert. "So it is only appropriate that we kick off our official campaign right under their noses where they cannot help but sense the ire of those citizens they purportedly represent." Initiative petitions must contain 67,829 signatures of registered voters for the measure to be placed on the November 2006 ballot. What: Press conference to announce submission of signatures to qualify marijuana legalization initiative for the November ballot *** Photo opportunity - campaign signs and boxes of petitions - weather permitting *** Where: Denver City-County Building, 1437 Bannock Street When: Monday, August 7, 11 a.m. Who: Mason Tvert, SAFER campaign director and head of the Colorado Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative Committee