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News (Media Awareness Project) - US CO: Pot Group Wants Ricky Williams 'Rocky Mountain High'
Title:US CO: Pot Group Wants Ricky Williams 'Rocky Mountain High'
Published On:2007-10-03
Source:Denver Post (CO)
Fetched On:2008-08-16 16:32:19
POT GROUP WANTS RICKY WILLIAMS "ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH"

An activist group that successfully campaigned to repeal a pot
possession law in Denver wants running back Ricky Williams to sign
with the Broncos.

The group, Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, said today that
it will lease a billboard across from Invesco Field at Mile High
beckoning Williams to Denver "where people support your safer choice."

Williams, who is currently under suspension from the National Football
League for violating the drug policy four times, applied for
reinstatement Monday.

Safer spokesman Mason Tvert said the group's billboard will go up
Wednesday. A design released today showed an orange and blue sign with
the back of a dreadlocked man in a Bronco's uniform.

Blue text reads: "Ricky, come to Denver ... where people support your
safer choice."

The former Heisman Trophy and NFL rushing title winner is still under
contract with the Miami Dolphins.

This is not the first billboard stunt for Tvert and Safer. Under
pressure in 2005, the group replaced a billboard showing a woman with
a battered face with a white sign reading "Alcohol use makes domestic
violence 8 times more likely. Marijuana use does not..."
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