"SAFER?"

SAFER: Safer Alternatives for Enjoyable Recreation

Yeah, right. This is an org who's main mission is to allow passengers to smoke marijuana to reduce anxiety before commercial flights. Specifically, in the Denver. Their argument (which is rational) is that marijuana consumption is simply not linked with aggressive and violent behavior like alcohol is. True enough, but SAFER would be a lot more likely to see the reformation of marijuana laws if (gasp!) they actually worked to reform marijuana laws! Right now, they're advocating for an illegal drug to be illegally consumed in a public place. THAT is the sort of thing that can lead to some dangerous situations. Next thing you know, someone is anxious before a flight, they step into the weed lounge, buy a joint off the illegal drug dealer and start hitting it. Thing is, that drug isn't regulated and could easily be laced with any number of illegal substances besides marijuana.

Look, SAFER, you have a point about your drug of choice. But you're going about it in the totally wrong way. As with anything, we're Americans, we're guaranteed freedom of speech and we should exercise that right to try to change laws if we feel those laws need to be altered. But c'mon! This? Not even close...though it would give new meaning to The Mile High Club.