Julie Gardener
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We have been breaking ground within the past 24 hours and are now at over 17,000 signatures. Only 5,000 were needed, but let's go above and beyond so they see that 'We the People' are making our voices heard and want this issue to be recognized. Your signature makes a difference. Please sign up, sign the petition and pass it on...
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:Legalize and Regulate Marijuana in a Manner Similar to Alcohol.
We the people want to know when we can have our "perfectly legitimate" discussion on marijuana legalization. Marijuana prohibition has resulted in the arrest of over 20 million Americans since 1965, countless lives ruined and hundreds of billions of tax dollars squandered and yet this policy has still failed to achieve its stated goals of lowering use rates, limiting the drug's access, and creating safer communities.
Isn't it time to legalize and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol? If not, please explain why you feel that the continued criminalization of cannabis will achieve the results in the future that it has never achieved in the past?
Created: Sep 22, 2011
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9/22/2011 - Petition to legalize pot is first to hit White House threshold...
A proposal to legalize marijuana is the first idea on the White House's online petition site to gather enough signatures to break the threshold required to receive an official response.
The White House has promised to evaluate and issue a formal response to any idea that receives more than 5,000 signatures within 30 days. Visitors are free to offer their own proposals.
The first proposal to reach that limit asks, "Isn't it time to legalize and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol? If not, please explain why you feel that the continued criminalization of cannabis will achieve the results in the future that it has never achieved in the past?"
Currently, the fourth and sixth most popular petitions on the site also advocate legalizing marijuana.
The White House has not yet issued a formal response to the marijuana legalization petition.
Drug legalization questions have also dominated Obama's YouTube question-and-answer sessions.
By Brendan Sasso - 09/22/11
Source: Petition to legalize pot is first to hit White House threshold; ET proposal close - The Hill's Hillicon Valley
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:Legalize and Regulate Marijuana in a Manner Similar to Alcohol.
We the people want to know when we can have our "perfectly legitimate" discussion on marijuana legalization. Marijuana prohibition has resulted in the arrest of over 20 million Americans since 1965, countless lives ruined and hundreds of billions of tax dollars squandered and yet this policy has still failed to achieve its stated goals of lowering use rates, limiting the drug's access, and creating safer communities.
Isn't it time to legalize and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol? If not, please explain why you feel that the continued criminalization of cannabis will achieve the results in the future that it has never achieved in the past?
Created: Sep 22, 2011
Related article...
9/22/2011 - Petition to legalize pot is first to hit White House threshold...
A proposal to legalize marijuana is the first idea on the White House's online petition site to gather enough signatures to break the threshold required to receive an official response.
The White House has promised to evaluate and issue a formal response to any idea that receives more than 5,000 signatures within 30 days. Visitors are free to offer their own proposals.
The first proposal to reach that limit asks, "Isn't it time to legalize and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol? If not, please explain why you feel that the continued criminalization of cannabis will achieve the results in the future that it has never achieved in the past?"
Currently, the fourth and sixth most popular petitions on the site also advocate legalizing marijuana.
The White House has not yet issued a formal response to the marijuana legalization petition.
Drug legalization questions have also dominated Obama's YouTube question-and-answer sessions.
By Brendan Sasso - 09/22/11
Source: Petition to legalize pot is first to hit White House threshold; ET proposal close - The Hill's Hillicon Valley