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ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH: Residents of Denver, the Mile High City, have
voted to let residents over 21 years old possess up to an ounce of the
wascally weed marijuana.

"Marijuana is less harmful to the user and society than alcohol," says
Mason Tvert, campaign organizer for Safer Alternatives For Enjoyable
Recreation.

"To prohibit adults from making the rational, safer choice to use
marijuana is bad public policy," says Mason.

Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project says he hoped the
approval will launch a national trend toward legalizing a drug whose
enforcement he says causes more problems than it cures.

Mason argues that legalizing marijuana would reduce consumption of
alcohol, which leads to higher rates of car crashes, domestic and
street violence and crime.

Denver is now likely to be lumped in with the Axis of Evil and could
be invaded by George Bush's roughriding federales.