Pro-Marijuana Billboards To Surround MetLife Stadium For Super Bowl (Photos)
-Alison Smith on Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:36AM
A case has been made in the NFL for the use of medical marijuana by players, and commissioner Roger Goodell said he would consider allowing the use if it’s shown to help concussions. What hasn’t been discussed, though, is the the recreational use of marijuana by players, and the D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project thought that Super Bowl weekend would be the perfect time to get its message across about the “hypocrisy of the National Football League’s marijuana policy.” The organization has paid for five billboards in locations surrounding MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., each with a message about marijuana and the league’s policy. “Hopefully it’s going to inspire people to talk to one another about marijuana and particularly its relative harms compared to alcohol and football,” director of communications at the Marijuana Policy Project, Mason Tvert said, via For the Win. This isn’t the first time the organization has taken shots at the NFL over its policy, either. In September, the MPP posted a billboard outside of Denver’s Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium telling the league to “Stop Driving Players to Drink,” and advised: “A safer choice is now legal here.” “I think a lot of people will be shocked at just how many people are getting in trouble for using a less harmful substance than alcohol,” Tvert said. “When you’re sitting in a full stadium and you think about the idea of everyone in there being arrested 10 times over, it really gets you thinking about just how many people that is.” Tvert said on Wednesday he will head to Goodell’s office and drop off a copy of a change.org petition calling on the NFL to stop punishing players for using marijuana. The petition had more than 12,000 signatures as of Wednesday morning.
Yippee Ki Yay, motherhumpers...Pot is taking over the Super "Bowl". This is an unbelievable moment in the recent legalization movement. Not only are the two states that legalized pot playing each other in a bowl, but now the Marijuana Policy Project raised enough money for these kinda hilarious billboards.
It's actually astounding that they even got motivated enough to actually pull the trigger on this. Stoners usually just say they're gonna do something and end up napping on a couch. Kinda what I envision the MPP HeadQuarters to look like.
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