PRO-POT STUDENT GROUP PUT ON PROBATION AT UGA

Pro-pot student group put on probation at UGA

ATHENS, Ga. -- A University of Georgia committee has put a student
group that pushes for the legalization of marijuana on two years'
probation for using copyrighted images.

Members of the UGA chapter of the National Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws sold T-shirts with a picture of a bulldog --
the university's mascot -- sitting underneath the UGA Arch, which is
a protected image. The dog was smoking marijuana and reading a book
on human rights.

The image was also posted on the group's Web site. UGA officials say
the students didn't respond quickly enough when the university
ordered them to stop using the image.

NORML plans to appeal the decision.

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