SAFER Colorado this week called for a boycott of Starbucks and other sponsors of the Colorado Drug Investigators Association (CDIA), after the coffee franchise was listed as a sponsor of the rabidly prohibitionist police association on their web site.
Writes SAFER, “the Colorado Drug Investigators Association (CDIA), the group spearheading anti-marijuana lobbying efforts, is sponsored by several local and national businesses including Starbucks Coffee, Glock handguns, and members of the alcohol industry.
According to Mason Twert, spokesperson for SAFER, “It’s no surprise that the Arrest and Prosecution Industry is determined to maintain the war on marijuana. But Starbucks and other companies’ funding of this war should strike any marijuana consumer or reform supporter as truly appalling. It’s time to stand up and send them all a message.”
Tvert hopes to spread awareness among consumers that don’t realize Starbucks helps fund the CDIA’s efforts. He believes that by pressuring Starbucks (and other national corporations such as Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts and Embassy Suites) through consumer backlash, he can help impede the CDIA’s efforts to abolish dispensaries and wage war on marijuana.
