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One day before the NFL season opener between the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens, a pro-marijuana group has erected a billboard in front of Sports Authority Field at Mile High urging the league to reconsider its harsh rules barring players from smoking pot.
The 48-foot-wide billboard tells the NFL to "stop driving players to drink," while noting that voters in Colorado and Washington have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. "A safer choice is now legal (here)," the billboard states.
Mason Tvert, director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project, says the group has also launched a Change.org petition to try and convince NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to update the league's policy.
"For years, the NFL has been punishing players for using marijuana despite the fact that it is far less harmful than alcohol, a substance widely embraced by the league," Tvert said in a statement. "The league would never punish a player simply for having a couple beers, so why does it penalize them for using a substance that is less toxic, less addictive, and less likely to contribute to violence.
"The NFL's harsh marijuana penalties do nothing to promote the health and safety of the players," Tvert said. "If anything, they put players in danger by steering them toward using alcohol and away from making the safer choice to use marijuana instead. We hope Commissioner Goodell will explain why the NFL is willing to promote the use of alcohol among its players and fans, but unwilling to recognize that a safer alternative is now legal here."
Shortly after Colorado and Washington legalized the recreational use of marijuana for adults, the NFL issued a statement making clear that the league did not plan to soften its stance against the drug.
"The NFL's policy is collectively bargained and will continue to apply in the same manner it has for decades," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told USA Today last November. "Marijuana remains prohibited under the NFL substance abuse program."
The Marijuana Policy Project has taken to using billboards and signage at sporting and community events to push its message that pot is safer than alcohol. In July, a pro-marijuana ad produced by the group that was slated to coincide with NASCAR's Brickyard 400 was pulled from a Jumbotron after officials received complaints from the Drug Free America Foundation. Another billboard promoting marijuana as a safer choice than alcohol was vandalized at the start of Oregon's Beer and Wine Festival.
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Website: Pro-pot group posts billboard in front of Denver Bronco?s stadium asking NFL to allow players to use marijuana - NY Daily News
One day before the NFL season opener between the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens, a pro-marijuana group has erected a billboard in front of Sports Authority Field at Mile High urging the league to reconsider its harsh rules barring players from smoking pot.
The 48-foot-wide billboard tells the NFL to "stop driving players to drink," while noting that voters in Colorado and Washington have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. "A safer choice is now legal (here)," the billboard states.
Mason Tvert, director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project, says the group has also launched a Change.org petition to try and convince NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to update the league's policy.
"For years, the NFL has been punishing players for using marijuana despite the fact that it is far less harmful than alcohol, a substance widely embraced by the league," Tvert said in a statement. "The league would never punish a player simply for having a couple beers, so why does it penalize them for using a substance that is less toxic, less addictive, and less likely to contribute to violence.
"The NFL's harsh marijuana penalties do nothing to promote the health and safety of the players," Tvert said. "If anything, they put players in danger by steering them toward using alcohol and away from making the safer choice to use marijuana instead. We hope Commissioner Goodell will explain why the NFL is willing to promote the use of alcohol among its players and fans, but unwilling to recognize that a safer alternative is now legal here."
Shortly after Colorado and Washington legalized the recreational use of marijuana for adults, the NFL issued a statement making clear that the league did not plan to soften its stance against the drug.
"The NFL's policy is collectively bargained and will continue to apply in the same manner it has for decades," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told USA Today last November. "Marijuana remains prohibited under the NFL substance abuse program."
The Marijuana Policy Project has taken to using billboards and signage at sporting and community events to push its message that pot is safer than alcohol. In July, a pro-marijuana ad produced by the group that was slated to coincide with NASCAR's Brickyard 400 was pulled from a Jumbotron after officials received complaints from the Drug Free America Foundation. Another billboard promoting marijuana as a safer choice than alcohol was vandalized at the start of Oregon's Beer and Wine Festival.
News Hawk- Truth Seeker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: nydailynews.com
Author: David Knowles
Contact: Contact Us - NY Daily News
Website: Pro-pot group posts billboard in front of Denver Bronco?s stadium asking NFL to allow players to use marijuana - NY Daily News
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