Pubdate: Thu, 07 May 2009
Source: Wisconsin State Journal (WI)
Copyright: 2009 Madison Newspapers, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.madison.com/wsj/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/506
Author: Gary Storck

ANOTHER REASON FOR PEACEFUL BLOCK PARTY

Sunday's article about the Mifflin Street Block Party should have 
been titled "Pot paraders pacify partiers."

Alcohol, the legal drug of choice for Mifflin partiers, is a 
depressant. Cannabis produces euphoria. The good vibes given off by 
the Global Cannabis Marchers stuck around long enough to keep 
everything much more peaceful and the result was less violence and 
fewer arrests this year. There's a lesson in there somewhere.

- -- Gary Storck, co-founder, Madison chapter of the National 
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom