A group that advocated to ease penalties for marijuana use on two Colorado college campuses is taking its fight to Denver.

The executive director of SAFER - Safer Alternatives for Enjoyable Recreation - said Monday the group intends to ask Denver voters to make marijuana use legal in some cases.

Last month, students at two Colorado universities voted overwhelmingly in support of referenda urging their schools to equalize school penalties for marijuana and alcohol infractions. That campaign was led by a group that argues frankly that marijuana is safer than alcohol, Safe Alternatives for Enjoyable Recreation, or SAFER. Earlier that same month, students at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, passed a similar resolution, and while the argument that marijuana is safer than alcohol was not their main one, it was a prominent one. This weekend, people in cities around the country and the world will participate in the global marijuana marches, and this year, organizers of that event's signature march in New York City are also playing the "marijuana is safer" card.

It is the age-old story of men arguing over a woman - in this case the discussion is about Mary Jane.

On Tuesday, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Ron Stump met with Mason Tvert, the executive director of "Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER)," a non-profit organization helping CU students lobby for the University to reconsider and revise school sanctions for student marijuana use so that they are no greater than those for student alcohol use.

Students at the University of Colorado in Boulder (CU) have voted overwhelmingly to signal their support of equalizing campus disciplinary penalties for marijuana and alcohol. As DRCNet reported last week, a similar referendum two weeks ago was approved by students at Colorado State University in Fort Collins with 65% of the vote. But CU students outdid their brethren, approving the initiative with a whopping 86% of the vote.