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Starbucks no Longer on Medical Marijuana Advocates' "Naughty" List

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 2:51pm
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By Caleb Hannan in Money
Last week, SAFER, a Colorado-based medical marijuana advocacy group, called for a national boycott of Starbucks after the coffee roaster's logo showed up on website of a group that opposes drug reforms.

Not much is known about the Colorado Drug Investigators Association (CDIA). Especially since its website has since been disabled. But what we do know is that CDIA is a non-profit whose board is filled with members of drug task forces. And, according to SAFER head Mason Tvert, it's also lobbying to bring about the demise of Colorado's medical marijuana laws.

Starbucks Denies Funding Anti-Marijuana Group

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 2:27pm
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By Steve Elliott
In the wake of a threatened nationwide boycott by cannabis consumers, coffee giant Starbucks has denied funding an anti-marijuana group.
 
I hope the Seattle-based company is telling the truth. It would break my heart to know that Starbucks was working against the interests of one of its biggest consumer bases.
 
One would certainly hope that a progressive-leaning, forward-thinking company, based in THC-attle, of all places, would know better than to insult its own loyal customers this way.
 
On Thursday, a pro-pot group held a news conference in front of a Denver Starbucks to draw attention to what it called ties between the company and the Colorado Drug Investigators Association, reports Chris Grygiel of SeattlePI.com.
 
"It's no surprise that law enforcement organizations and their leaders -- whose jobs are dependent on maintaining the war on marijuana -- are lobbying to kill state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries," said Mason Tvert, head of Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER).
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