US CO: CU Regents Expected To Oppose Marijuana Legalization Measure

Colorado Daily, 12 Sep 2012 – Republican Tillie Bishop: ‘We’re law-abiding regents’ The University of Colorado Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a resolution opposing Amendment 64, the state ballot measure that seeks to legalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol.

US RI: PUB LTE: Edu: Pot on Campus Not From Mexico

The Brown Daily Herald, 19 Apr 2011 – To the Editor: I celebrate Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa’s ’11 thoughtful column on the War on Drugs and agree with her on many points. Like her, I think that marijuana should be legalized and know that it is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco. I also share the view that Brown students – and Americans in general – should be more mindful of their role as consumers in a trade that is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths a year, concentrated in countries like Mexico and my native Colombia. Why do we make such a fuss about, say, blood diamonds, when illegal drugs are much more common on campus than precious stones from Liberia or the Congo?