Today, the White House launched its new, long-awaited website “We the People.” The administration describes the site as a “tool [that] provides you with a new way to petition the Obama Administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our country.”
The White House further promises, “If a petition gets enough support, White House staff will review it, ensure it’s sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response.” The White House has set this threshold at 5,000 signatures within 30 days.
Demand the Obama administration defend their support for marijuana prohibition. If they can not, then why do they continue to endorse this failed public policy?
Below is the petition NORML has submitted for consideration:
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?
Sign. Share. Legalize.
(NOTE: The White House has been experiencing technical difficulties with their website, please be patient and allow the petition time to load, if you receive an error message retry later)
UPDATE:
The media is beginning to notice:
Daily Caller – “Weed Legalization and Animal Spay/Neuter Top WH Petitions”
Huffington Post – New White House ‘We The People’ Petition Portal Launched, With Predictable Results
The Hill – Petition to legalize pot is first to hit White House threshold
you have to respond to the email to activate your account. THEN DON’T FORGET TO VOTE! Clicking the email link is NOT voting.
I just answer a blog elsewhere on drug testing welfare recipients – and – the simplicity of it just rolled me over with laughter.
“Those who test positive – would – prefer to stay positive.”
I would like to know how many people die of Marijuana overdose as compaired to alcohol or tobacco? Cancer killed my mother at 69, father and my brother died in 2003 at 49 years old, the two things they had in common were that all three where alcoholics and smoke tobacco. The three things that I do that are different, I smoke pot every single day, I work full time, I am a mother and grandmother, wife and partner. I do not drink alcohol or smoke tobacco and I am alive and very very healthy thanks to my use of cannabis. Try and convince me otherwise and you will have the fight of your life.
The link to the petition is broken
[Paul Armentano responds: There is heavy traffic to the site, and that heavy traffic is causing occasional errors in loading the page. The link is fine, but you may need to try and access it multiple times to get through.]
It isn’t broken the White House is having issues with the website itself, if you get an error message, reload the site in ten or so minutes. It is intermittently inaccessible.
When will the “Reefer Madness” end?
Get up, stand up people!
The link to the petition is broken
I don’t like this petition. That a bad policy hasn’t worked is not a good reason to reverse it, that it’s a bad policy is.
Can someone else confirm please – the site is lumping some signatures. i.e. 2039 twice 2019 twice and 2770 and then some. I keep refreshing the page and still see these duplicates.
There were more fatalities from peanuts last year then there was from cannabis. Actually, there weren’t any from cannabis last year, or the year before, or the year before, or the year before…
I submitted the following petition to the newly launched We the People website. The petition is titled:
End federal prohibition of hemp. Cannabis is too vital a resource to be kept out of the hands of the people.
Sign and share the petition, and bring it up to 5000 signatures, and it will be read by the president’s staff. Here is the link, and below that is how the petition reads in full.
http://tinyurl.com/3nvddgo
End federal prohibition of hemp. Beyond rhetoric and politics, cannabis is too vital a resource to be kept out of the hands of American citizens. Whole cultures, including ours, were founded on cannabis cultivation, traceable to earliest human endeavors. Hampden, Hampshire, Hampton, Hemphill, Hempstead are common names of US localities named after hemp. Hemp can supplant trees for paper production and building materials; provide fiber and a biodegradable substitute for petroleum-based plastics; edible seeds offer the most complete protein found in the plant kingdom, and its oil contains a perfect balance of Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids. Furthermore, the medicinal potential of cannabis is huge with anti-seizure, anti-tumoral and neuroprotective properties. Return hemp production to the people.
my vote was #3674
I wonder if they have started writting our response yet? I tweeted when we hit 2,501 signatures and we are now at 3,715 after 42 mins.
Why don’t they fear us? We can mobilize this response at a drop of a hat and still we get ignored?
I just signed it. Had to register—–Then had to verify through my email —-then it said the page was moved—twice– Then on the third try of signing in, it let me sign the petition. Keep trying until your signature counts! Send this NORML link to ALL your friends and ask them to sign it. Peace.
The link to the petition needs to be a banner ad – not just a news article that will lose publicity over time. It’s INEXCUSABLE that the President just shrugs this off or makes fun of the people asking this question every time it’s mentioned. If Obama does not take a strong free market stance on legalization in 2012 I will NOT be voting for him. He’s been unwilling to even take a medicinal marijuana stance (which is no longer good enough) on this so I see it as unlikely. Without my civil liberties what are jobs and the economy. Strong stance of legalization or I will NOT be voting for this president again. Fool me one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBmWVqZ5FLY …
Do you think they’ll actually respond to it? Last time they tried this with their town hall meeting the President laughed it off as a joke… It’ll have reached the 5000 threshold within the half hour..
#4,324
:DDDD
Bottom Line:
The Government does not care what We The People think or want, nor will they listen to our requests. This has been done several times before, with Cannabis being the top subject. The result? Nothing.
I suspect they are simply gathering names and e-mail information. Gee, I wonder how long before Law Enforcement has a copy and is knocking at your door to ask about “mari-huana”?
Never trust the U.S. Government. Never.
there are alot of duplicate petition numbers, there should be enough signers by the end of the day..there was 1200 or so needed and 10 minutes later it was 600..the lobbyist for the booze and tobacco, paper and textiles will find a way to fuck the vote for sure, i really dont think things will ever change..money rules this world people
487 to go!
How great will it be when the petition requires a response within 30 days of the day it was started?
“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?”
– i don’t think that should have been put in the petition. you’re just asking for a bullshit politician answer if you say that. (even tho im already expecting one)
so how long till we get a response…..if we even will because Obama dodges it every time!!!
Need 5000 huh. Mine was 4562 at 5:45 pm eastern
hey the petition is already over 5000 votes that was quick. great job norml
At this point in time we already have over the 5,000 petition signers needed to have this reviewed. Keep finding signers and prove that we won’t stop bugging them until it’s taken care of. I think “We the People” might be heard! 🙂
You know he is just going to make fun of us and every one is going to get mad about it… There will only be change on a state level and after 40 or so have changed state law then maby the feds will…
[Paul Armentano responds: The significance of these petitions goes well beyond the petition itself — or the White House’s predictable response. Already today the popularity of NORML’s question has generated mainstream media coverage, including:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/22/white-house-we-the-people_n_976906.html
New White House ‘We The People’ Petition Portal Launched, With Predictable Results
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/183411-marijuana-legalization-first-online-petition-to-require-white-house-response
Petition to legalize pot is first to hit White House threshold
http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/22/weed-legalization-animal-spayneuter-top-new-wh-petition-website/
Mainstream media stories acknowledging that marijuana law reform is one of the most popular issues on the public’s mind are inherently positive and important to our efforts, regardless of however the White House ultimately decides to respond.]
So just for the heck of it, I decided to see how many people were signing the petition. From 6:03:15 to 6:04:15 the total increased from 5362 to 5395. Thats 33 in 1 minute, or more than one every other second. Keep the momentum going, tell your friends. 5k was easy, show the White House we are persistent and very serious.
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/reschedule-cannabis-schedule-2-it-has-medicinal-value-period/4HFPYBf1
(Hurry!) put down this prohibitional beast while its wounded!
5,555 in less than a day..very impressive..hurry up and legalize i need a buzz without getting a random pulled on me, oh ya i forgot..it will never be legal
How long has this been out? I find it funny that all the popular and trending petitions are for legalizing marijuana.
When will Obama respond to this, its only like the 3rd online petition like this but it will probably get played down like some guy, maybe even Obama himself informing us that marijuana isn’t healthy but continue to brew at home and let their kids get wasted at 21.
Really hope they come out with a real answer.
Already filled,,in one half day,,simply amazing!
Lol, it’s already passed 5,000
Well, that didn’t take very long. This should be interesting. 🙂
Any updates from anyone at NORML?
Nothing new to report yet but we are very impressed with the support thus far. Keep up the great work everyone, we’ll update if anything develops.
Now we need one from the AMA,,asking that cannabis be rescheduled so medical efficacy can be clinically certified.
Hit them high,,,hit them low,,,make them wince with every blow.
I just signed at 3:40 PDT and there are already over 5900 names on the list. What will the response be from the Whitehouse? The site is certainly a success in attracting such a strong reaction on the very first day in operation! On the other had, the President is faced with answering our question about betraying a promise he made to us. Now, he is prevaricating and capitulating. I wrote him today and asked byt the Dept of HHS has a patent in the face of the DEA’s position.
LOL—Just visited the page—already over the 5,000 votes needed. Keep em coming—-Let this be the subject with the highest vote—-AGAIN!!!
Why are there two #5,000 ? Paul M. in FL and
Michael L. in VA.
LEAP’s petition
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/stop-interfering-state-marijuana-legalization-efforts/hvcsS8pC?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl
LEGALIZE MARIJUANA in TEXAS
Law makers are law breakers if society called a random drug test on every Politian, Judge, lawyer, CEO, entertainer, etc… some would fail the test, and show that they smoke marijuana too. Law Enforcement are hypocrites, they drink to drunkenness, get stopped for DWI as well as the above listed, and yet alcohol is legal. Alcohol is associated with crimes such as: violence, public intoxication, vehicular homicide, robbery and murder, more people are arrested under the influence of alcohol then marijuana. Alcohol causes health problems such as: addiction, liver and kidney disease and damage to brain cells. Marijuana is not the gateway drug. Alcohol is the gateway and if a person is going to experiment with other drugs that’s on them not the drug. Prescription pills are addictive and sold legally and illegally. Marijuana helps increase appetite for cancer patients and minimizes pain, helps with anxiety and depression but the government forces people to buy prescription and over the counter drugs (pills) with bad health side effects. The biggest Lie is more crime if marijuana is legalized, if marijuana is legalized, and sold to 21yrs and older the drug dealers would lose their customers and the government can tax the sell of marijuana and collect 1.5 billion dollars per year or more on sells. (When alcohol was legalized there was no need for bootleggers or moonshiners). JOBS would be created for regulating, growing, testing, and selling marijuana just like cigarettes also the same laws for alcohol would apply for driving DWI-DUI. Legalizing marijuana would release men and woman from prison who are not a danger to society and would cut down on prison over crowding. Those currently in prison for possession or selling of Marijuana only, they should be released and pay a fine to the government. Many men and women who work and pay their taxes, contribute their time to help society and when they go home they prefer marijuana instead of alcohol, pills, wine or beer and the government wants to arrest them for possession and make them a criminal. Even though those who are arrested for possession of marijuana have not hurt anyone, stolen from anyone or caused death or an accident they are arrested and lose their jobs because the government is lying. Marijuana is not as addictive as alcohol and prescription drugs, people generally stop using marijuana without rehab. Personally when I look at law enforcement on T.V., burning marijuana in the forest it’s a joke, but I’m not laughing they look STUPID burning nature, marijuana grows from the earth It’s like trying to rid the earth of wild flowers they grow anywhere. Shouldn’t law enforcement be going after drug labs that are manufacturing drugs such as meth, cocaine and heroin instead of wasting time, money, and man power for cutting down and burning trees. Texas has a high DWI rate and they should be the first to LEGALIZE MARIJUANA. IT’S TIME FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS STATE TO PUT IT TO A VOTE ONCE AND FOR ALL; IT’S UP TO THE PEOPLE, NOT THE GOVERNMENT. VOTE YES TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA, Lower the Crime rate, Prison Over-Crowding and Boost the Economy of Texas. If Marijuana is not legalized then, “Alcohol Should Not Be Legal.”
Hi people, the link worked fine for me, then I found my name in the boxes with the other names, wow it already had way more than 5000, beautiful.
Dont forget to write your representative about HR 2306, it is moving slowly but it got 2 more cosponsors today, I check almost every day, My reps have not answered my question, they just acknowledge that they get the email not surprising in my state. things are beginning to look good for us finally…….I can only hope, and keep on telling them I want my civil rights!
What a joke, just over 6000 signatures for a pro-marijuana petition in a country that contains millions, what a joke. I believe it’s time to organize. We have to take what we want. Our leaders are a bunch of thieves. It’s time to re-start and apply a fairness to the people. Buy ammunition!
Burn the mother fucker down!!!
After 20 years of protesting the illegalization of Cannabis i feel no matter what we say we don’t count . Therefore i won’t even bother with submitting my heresay . I truly believe that pharmaceutical with their trillions have got more money than our Government & that they are running ( more like ruining ) the Country . We are peons and are treated as such . Therefore if you want changes we need to stop using their drugs .
Sign this one too:
Allow Industrial Hemp to be Grown in the U.S. Once Again
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/allow-industrial-hemp-be-grown-us-once-again/V2gV7rWy
Wow, it got double the amount of needed signatures in a single day! If that doesn’t send a message, i dunno what will
Remember what happened last time we asked that question? Daddy Obama just laughed.
It only takes 5,000 to make it official, but let’s overwhelme them. Don’t just pass this up if you see we have more than enough. We can get tons of signatures before the deadline.
10,350 so far sweet
There is also a petition on this site that asks for a full pardon to all who have been arrested for marijuana only related offenses. As a current defendant in a manufacturing case I’d appreciate it, but unfortunately this is bigger than just me. I hope to not only see our brethren currently in prison released, but also see those who have lost their rights because of a conviction get those rights reinstated. The URL is: http://wh.gov/gRZ. Please take an extra moment to support this as well.
the petition needed 5000 signatures by october 22, and in the first day there are already over 10,000 signatures. keep it up and show your support!
How about a petition to strip the DEA of it’s authority to deny medical research on cannabis and other drugs!
This conflict of interest was designed by the Nixon administration to firewall science, and Obama did promise that his leadership would follow Science.
I just watched the Republican Debates held in Florida. We had the chance to vote on what questions we wanted to be asked—I know that I sent in my vote for the marijuana question like many others I’m sure did—YET—The Marijuana subject NEVER got brought up as a question to be answered. There silence speaks volumes.
NORML should keep this story current so that more and more people sign the petition. I know we have already reached the required 5,000, but it wouldn’t hurt to show just how much support this has.
I started keeping track awhile ago. There are just over 11,000 signatures and the site has been active for about 55,000 seconds.
That means that every 5 seconds someone new is signing the petition.
I’m keeping track of it at this link http://vrsry.com/maryjane
Now we need petitions for Medical marijuana, hemp for all uses, and marijuana for use as a food.
I couldn’t create an account to sign the petition, because the pop-up window wouldn’t allow the submit button to be shown.
I’ve finally got to create an account by pressing [ENTER] on my keyboard after I wrote their script on the bottom of the pop-up window.
I’m number 11,303
There is actually 3 Marijuana questions (probably more by now) and a hemp question also. Don’t forget to vote for them as well. Search marijuana and then search hemp to bring them to the top of the page. Peace.
I’m # 11,494
glad I saw this. number 11671
blow it up
I’ve been trying for hours, cannot get past the registration. They don’t send the email for confirmation. I suppose the machines are simply overwhelmed and I’ll get registered in a day or two…
I just made a Medical Marijuana petition that includes asking to pass HR 2306. Please help me get this on the list. I need help getting 150 votes. Once 150 votes are reached–it goes live and then everyone can see it and vote for it. You can only vote for it here until it reaches its first 150 vote. Your help is much appreciated. Peace. http://wh.gov/gPy
awesome guys, the first day it’s launched and already over 12k signatures! That definitely beats the 5,000 in 30 day threshold, hahaah!
In all seriousness though, Obama please don’t dodge this issue again. It’s time to be brave and do what’s right for the country, not what’s right politically. The people will support you.
“If a petition gets enough support, White House staff will review it, ensure it’s sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response.” The White House has set this threshold at 5,000 signatures within 30 days.
This just means that they will look at our petition, send it to someone that doesnt give a shit, and let them respond by saying…”cannabis has no accepted medical value and is a danger to the public and our children, sorry but at this time we will ignore your request and continue to lock up thousands of peaceful smokers”
I used my Civil Liberty to sign this petition. Now I , as ALL SIGNERS, should use my voice to ask CNN and Fox news to report on this in Relevance to how the White House reacts to the will of “WE THE PEOPLE”. If enough of do as our fore fathers used to say “Hold them to the fire”. We will be heard.
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77538,00.html
#13759
For a while (1hr or so) they were coming in at about 4 votes every 10 seconds…
keep it up!
From: Whitehouse.gov [info@messages.whitehouse.gov]
Sent: 9/23/2011 12:16:07 AM
Subject: new petition submitted by Cris Ericson:
Demand an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
to End Marijuana,Marihuana, Cannabis and Hemp Prohibition.
You now have 30 days to get 5,000 signatures in order for your petition to be
reviewed by the White House.
Until your petition has 150 signatures, it will
only be available from the following URL:
http://wh.gov/gP1
Here are a few tips to help you promote your petition and get to 5,000
signatures:
1. Email: Email your petition to your friends, family and
others who care about this issue. Below is a sample email you can forward to
your friends right now.
2. Facebook: Post your petition to your Facebook wall to
let folks know about it. Here’s a sample message you can cut and paste
into your Facebook status:
I just started a petition on the White House petitions site, We the People.
Will you sign it?
http://wh.gov/gP1
3. Twitter: Tweet about your petition. Here’s a sample
tweet you can use:
I just started a petition on the White House Petitions site, We the People.
Will you sign it?
http://wh.gov/gP1
Dear friends,
I wanted to let you know about a new petition I created on We the People, a
new feature on WhiteHouse.gov, and ask for your support. Will you add your
name to mine? If this petition gets 5,000 signatures by October 23, 2011,
the White House will review it and respond!
We the People allows anyone to create and sign petitions asking the Obama
Administration to take action on a range of issues. If a petition gets
enough support, the Obama Administration will issue an official response.
You can view and sign the petition here:
http://wh.gov/gP1
Here’s some more information about this petition:
Demand an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to End Marijuana, Marihuana,
Cannabis and Hemp Prohibition.
We the People of the United States of America
Demand an Amendment to the United States Constitution to End Prohibition of
Marijuana, Marihuana, Hemp and Cannabis because we have a Right to Equal
Protection Under the Law to NOT be prosecuted and punished for for growing,
harvesting, farming, using, smoking, selling, manufacturing, brewing and
bottling substances and products which are equally as dangerous or LESS
dangerous than other legal products and substances such as alcoholic
beverages and tobacco products, as used and sold to adults age 21 and over.
The government has entrapped Americans by concealing criminal penalties under
Title 21 USC rather than listing them under Title 18 Crimes. Also, the
government spells marijuana and marihuana two ways in the law to conceal
penalties.
-1′
#59 Joad
I agree. Please keep this story current so new signatures can continue to be collected.
Every single person in the United States could sign this petition, all 310 million of us, and President Obama will say “Legalization is not in my vocabulary” as he sits there with his home brew.If President Obama would grow a set, and get off his knees around the republicans, he could change the world,don’t hold your breath…
I voted and left a message on “The Hill” blog. Wouldn’t it be nice if our elected leaders finally start to pay attention to this terrible problem? If someone uses marijuana it does not make them a criminal nor does it mean they have a drug problem!!! Why can’t the prohibitionists like John Boehner and Lamar Smith understand that? I have to believe that if they tried it their intelligence level just might increase to the point where they could understand it.
Now yall don’t get all excite about this here petition. To begin with just talking about legalizing this drug send the wrong message to our children And why would u want to talk about legalization all drugs. Drugs are bad.And beside the D.E.A said we are winding the war on drugs.BLA BLA BLA What need u think they are going to say.U really believe the (w-h) will have an Real and true debate on (c-s-l) No way. Pleas don’t get mad when they laugh at u. We all know what they are goiing to say any way.
“The White House has been experiencing technical difficulties with their website,”
Why does that not surprise me. I wonder – if it were for the opposite – would there be technical difficulties.
“The White House further promises.”
There promises aren’t worth a plugged nickle. They haven’t kept the promises they’ve already made, let alone any new ones.
“The White House staff will review it, ensure it’s sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response.’
This is for the President – not his staff. Appropriate policy experts are the same experts that are shredding public opinion, and the will of the people now. The official response will be made by Michelle Leonhart and the DEA, and we already know what that’s going to be. This is all a “False Front.” Watch what happens while we are spending our time involved in this shell game. Maybe they will move THC [only] to schedule III so Pharma can get started extracting from the natural plant – and – take over the market. “Be careful what you wish for – you just may get it.”
P.S. Here’s what we should be petitioning them to do.
“Define the whole plant material.” Get a legal definition. There is none at present. The definition will be the foundation for its legalization.
Please SHARE THESE PETITIONS also!!!
1 – http://www.change.org/petitions/end-the-federal-prohibition-of-the-cannabis-plant#?opt_new=f&opt_fb=t
2 – http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/end-the-federal-prohibition-of-the-cannabis-plant/
I have posted this petition that I would like everyone here to sign:
We petition the obama administration to:
explain how the President is not a hypocrite for putting people in jail for minor possession of marijuana.
The link is:
http://wh.gov/gp1
We have all sent in our reservations to FEMA camps. At least we will all have something in common when we’re locked up. See you there!
17,000 Americans and growing : )
Hello again folks! Thanks for taking action! I’m thrilled to see how many of us are standing up to see cannabis regulated, but I’m sorry to say I’m disappointed to see how few have stood up for our prosecuted brethren. I’m trying to stay positive and assume that the trouble the site is experiencing is the reason so few have signed the Grant a Full Pardon to all American Citizens who have been Arrested for Marijuana Only Related offenses at: http://wh.gov/gRZ. Please keep trying. Our prisons are overflowing with people who do not deserve to be there.
re:no mention in florida of marijuana legalization question..only silence….the Governor of lorida owns the drug testing company…beware..
It’s been one day. 18,000 signatures! Nice job fellow Americans!
This will get swept under the rug by the gumbent…but I’ll sign anyways…
You’ve heard rumors that government agencies like the military or the CIA held experiments on mind reading.
Well, my spidy sense always tingles in close proximity to certain Washington types, even when on tv or on the radio when they are asked about cannabis issues and so-called black ops, etc. Marijuana profits are the U.S. government’s biggest source of off-the-books funding for covert operations. They’ll never be able to replace that money if marijuana is legalized because they’ll have to go public in order to gain support for the taxes and tax increases to keep their magic carpet ride all over the world going. Nobody wants to explain to Congress what all it is used for, so the best thing to do is keep all the dirt under the rug.
If marijuana were legalized, it would usher in a truly new world order, an order of a U.S. that had more transparency. And, who wants that?
The answer: Anybody who does have anything to do with all the dirt being swept under the rug.
Magic Carpet Ride
by
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf (Magic Theater, Pablo, Marijuana)
a novel
by
Hermann Hesse (said to have been a cannabis lover)
U.S. government, de aap is uit de mouw!
YOU GUYS NEED TO MAKE A “FIRE OUR DEA/DRUG ENFORCEMENT” PETITION AND REPLACE THEM WITH PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE BRAINS AND ARE NOT INCOMPETENT…ILL SIGN THAT ALL DAY. BUT IN ORDER TO GET 5,000+ WE NEED YOU TO POST IT ON HERE NORML…PLEASE…THATS A RESPONSE I WANNA HEAR AS WELL AS THE 20,000 PEOPLE WHOM HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THE “TAX MARIJUANA LIKE ALCOHOL, ECT” PETITION. sorry for caps. just had to get the point across. 😀
sign this one also: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/reschedule-cannabis-schedule-2-it-has-medicinal-value-period/4HFPYBf1
I’m # 20,994 🙂
did anyone else notice on the “Marijuana/Marriage” photo from google/fox news that marijuana/drugs was mentioned like ~5-6 times they just didnt tell you:http://yt-debates.appspot.com/images/pulse/Social_Issues_Wordle2.jpg
Marijuana, Drug war, Drugs, prohibition, legalization, and drugs again” lol…
You would think the White House should have started working on reply to this petition before they even bothered to put up the website.
Legalize it, tax it, roll it, smoke it.
interesting Eric. I also know that I sent in story suggestions to Fox news and CNN, NBC, AND CBS. And not one story yet about the petition. They all have readily ignored me. As expected I might say….. Everyone should suggest this as a news story and just see how “in the pocket” the news actually is. China’s got nothing on the nightly news when it comes to state censorship!!
So here is a question for you, if Norml wants this petition heard by America as a whole , why aren’t they spreading the word to High times Cannabis Culture and others to post the link on THEIR web pages as well? So far there has been not one word about it from any other so called promoters of reform.
[Editor’s note: High Times, Cannabis Culture, etc….are all contacted by NORML re alerts, reform events and legislation. If you’re not seeing those commercial webpages promoting reform activities, isn’t your question best asked to them?]
Have y’all who don’t think these petitions work ever hear about the frog that was in a pool of milk. He kept trying to swim in it, flapping his limbs, flapping flapping until he was on a big ball of cheese. This is what we need to do with these petitions, keep signing them until we get somewhere.
Oh yeah, check out my Potimism channel on youtube.
WE PRETTY MUCH DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PERRY ANYMORE – HE COOKED HIS GOOSE IN THE DEBATE.
“You don’t have a heart” he says. Where’s his black heart when it comes to Qualified Patients – fuckin’ hypocrite. He better worry about staying governor let alone being President.
It’s clear that enough people want marijuana legalized that the issue should be taken seriously, but I have my doubts because of past practice. Obama laughed off the issue several times before, so I’m expecting him to ignore it again.
It’s sad to say, but unfortunately the only way to get politicians’ attention and to get them to take legalization seriously is to give them no choice.
Keep running the economy into the ground until cannabis is legalized!
Keep running the economy into the ground until cannabis is legalized!
Keep running the economy into the ground until cannabis is legalized!
A petition to eliminate or reform any office of government legally required to lie in order to perpetuate the status quo. It is focused specifically on the Drug Czar Office.
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/eliminate-or-reform-departments-whose-officers-are-required-law-lie-american-people/24vwr7W2
We should all go to the Whitehouse petition site daily, search all the petitions,and sign any new petition that attacks prohibition from a new angle,,,repetition or petitions that are closely worded with another already active will just muddy the water and allow them to answer both with one answer,,,but different parts of the WoD and prohibition will require more answers.
We need petitions that attack the DEA,ONDCP and NIDA,,for being required to ,lie to the American people. It needs to be written by someone more familiar with that sort of thing than me.
We need petitions that will attack the WoD,,,from every angle,,the money wasted,,lack of effectiveness,,,the changing of our local police from Protect and Serve
to Search and Seize because they are paying bounty money on drug arrests and ignoring violent crimes.
The Whitehouse petition board should have at least 500 petitions attacking prohibition from every angle we can hit it from.
Hit them high,,,hit them low,,,make them wince with every blow!
And America is scanning the site too,,,let them know we are not going away!
Please view my petition as well! You’re What’s Wrong with America It’s time to legalize marijuana and push for a better planet!
Congratulations to NORML for getting over 28,000 votes on your petition. There is another new petition which I think hits the right points and will work hand-in-hand with it. It is at http://wh.gov/gMD and only needs
150 votes to go public.
We’ve been screaming this message at the top of our lungs for thirty years and more. What makes anyone think our selectively deaf government will be able to hear us this time? The issue is already front and center, and has been for decades—and it’s still being ignored. They’ve just given us something else to do that will make us think we’re getting somewhere, but they have no intention of acting.
Clearly the Obama administration knows very well from the past that these online outlets almost always produce large support. All in favor of requesting pro-marijuana law reform. This is obviously no different.
What’s amazing is not only was [NORML’s] cannabis regulation petition the first to meet the 5,000 signature threshold, but cannabis reform is by far the #1 most requested petition subject. Not including the hemp petition (which I personally feel has nothing to do with marijuana or drugs) cannabis has received over 45,000 “signatures” in just 3 days of a maximum of 30 days. AND that’s *just* adding the ones on the “Most Popular” section.
Correction — Actually as of today there has been over 50,000 “signatures” for several different cannabis petitions, and all in just 2 days! Again that doesn’t include hemp which, honestly, should have nothing to do with marijuana in general.
woot, woot!
The regulate petition just hit 30,000 signatures at 7:36pm, Sat 24th. I have a screen shot if any one wants it.
30,000 and counting : ) keep spreading the word, we are doing a great job my own mother is in disbelief : D
Typo on the above link – marijuana + a few extras Whats Wrong With America
Wow, a petition. That will make’em hurt, next is what, a personal E-mail. That will make’em bleed!
And they laughed at Edison for his ideas but guess what, the lightbulb revolutionized the world. Same thing here!
Why do you all think Bill Clinton waited until his last day(s?) in office to mention the country should think about legalizing pot? Do keep in mind the president is in charge of what branch of our government? Could it be the same branch that is charged with enforcing these prohibitions???
If the president just went ahead and ordered the DEA and the FDA to stop lying about marijuana and do their jobs properly, he or she would almost certainly be impeached and removed from office. Bill Clinton simply didn’t have the integrity of own convictions and Obama has got a lot of other things his wants to do. We have to make it clearer to him that part of our “wrong direction” is marijuana prohibition. And that a major part of “fixing America” is ending this ridiculous scape-goating of MJ and potheads.
Restructure the rest of the War on Drugs into a policy that actually makes sense. Help people get well. That way, when we spend government money something good actually happens for our society; not innocent people going to jail.
I’m sad to say that the Petition to Grant a Full Pardon to all those arrested for marijuana only related offenses isn’t getting the attention it deserves. While I’ve seen a dramatic flux of people rushing to sign the Regulate and Tax in a Manner similar to Alcohol petition (and am very happy to see the number rise greatly every time I look in on it), I’d like to see more people standing up for the folks who have put there lives and liberty on the line for the cause. After all, SOMEONE HAD TO GROW THAT BEAUTIFUL HERB YOU’RE ENJOYING AND NOW THEY NEED US. To those of you who have taken the time to add your name, I’m very grateful. Thank you for understanding you have a civic duty and doing that duty in true patriotic fashion. For those of you still sitting on your hands I’d like to remind you that NEVER in the history of our nation has it been so SIMPLE and EASY to make your voice heard. So stand up and take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity.
Please take a moment to follow this link and sign the petition which requests that all those arrested for marijuana only related offenses to be granted a full pardon. In addition to releasing those currently incarcerated, this would also reinstate the rights lost by those with previous convictions, such as the right to vote. Here’s the link: http://wh.gov/gRZ. Thanks for your support.
In addition, there is also a petition on the WhiteHouse.gov site which calls to Allow Industrial Hemp to AGAIN be grown in the U.S. This, too, is a very important issue within the legalization movement and approaches the subject from a perspective entirely separate from the medical/recreational aspect. Please also take a moment to add your name to show your support.
Again, thank you for standing up and doing your part. After all, a government of the people, for the people, and by the people only works if the people work it. Signing a petition is a dramatic far cry from the long marches and bloody battles our ancestors had to partake in to gain the freedoms we (used to) enjoy. If you’re too lazy to exert such little effort for liberty then you don’t deserve it!
Brandon:
I agree that hemp should have nothing to do with marijuana, but if one looks closely at the history (especially the beginning of prohibition) one can see that marijuana was more likely made illegal in order to keep hemp out of the hands of the people, forcing us to submit to the Eco-disastrous, Petrochemical Tyranny under which we now live. Once marijuana is legal, I have no doubt that we will see advances in Green technology that boggle the imagination.
…continued:
The fact that it marijuana prohibition has become such a golden goose/cash cow our Federal Oppressors was a secondary “boon” that followed years later. Of course that isn’t to forget that it was also used to harass and enslave immigrants into forced labor, as well, but who could have imagined the American People would have allowed it to become such an elaborate tool to oppress EVERYONE… other than maybe Harry Anslinger, Robert(?)DuPont, and William R. Hearst?
The reason Obama laughs when asked the question is because of the way the question is delivered. If we just say, “Mr. Obama, can you legalize marijuana!” He will laugh but if you give him a serious tone like “Mr. Obama, Marijuana has scientifically been proven to help with many ailments and prohibition has caused murders around the border and will help with the nations debt.”He then maybe he will take it to concideration. It’s like when you tell a joke, it might have the right words but if not delivered correctly, it won’t be funny. That is what needs to be done. If he still laughs, then the person or persons asking needs to explain in better detail and on the plus side, he deals with other things that occupy all of his time which takes time away from dealing with marijuana prohibition. Some of y’all think that they will lose money if weed was legal but if it was legal, the taxes would be high like it is here in Texas and all of that would go in the money of politicians and for the medical marijuana, Big Pharma. They just need to stratigize it out but its even a process to do that which they have had there time filled out by other issues and its just gonna have to wait. Give it time people and let’s be optimistic about weed being legal PLEASE!
Great work guys making this the TOP petition! I am hoping a few of you may be able to help one I submitted get posted and become searchable – we only need 56 more votes!
Our petition is simple – Make Bribing Politicians Illegal: http://wh.gov/gse
Its the money and corruption in Washington that makes things like marijuana illegal in the first place. Lets help fix this issue at its core! Thank you in advance for signing and sending.
Whatever the case may be – be it as it may – we all know when this guy [if you can call him a President] is lying – “His lips are moving – watch my lips.” Speaking of lip service – it’s about damned time we take our own advice and put some ass into it. We ought to be just damned sick and tired of being oppressed – especially by some ding dong lady in the DEA. If we’re going to be a bear – let’s be a grizzly.
The link isn’t broken,the White House is!
Stop the insantiy!!!!!
Has a petition started to enact a prohibition on alcohol? A petition against alcohol should be made so we can slap them in the face with their own self righteous argument.
@132 – There is no way that further prohibition on anything is going to make anything better. But, I do understand your frustration and desire for a bit of vengeance! People like Boehner and Lamar Smith, oh so happy to get drunk and smoke themselves to death, have no business telling us that we can’t use something safer than what he has chosen!
I just want a good smoke some times [peace to me]hr2306
I only suggested a petition for alcohol so that the justification they will use for alcohol can be subverted to cannabis. I, in no way, thought that a petition against alcohol would go anywhere, but they would give our cause direct ammo to fight their hypocritical stance. See, they would have to justify keeping legal a terribly addictive and lethal substance like alcohol; It would be an official statement on how they support death juice. This petition crap is a gimmick. I predict that we will get the same answer as always…burden to healthcare, harmful substance, dangerous, no medical value. I apologize for being so cynical.
I submitted my signature, and so did my wife…hope it helps.
Please sign my petition to eliminate the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the “Drug Czar”. I really believe that eliminating the ONDCP is the only way to make any significant headway on this.
You can view and sign the petition here:
http://wh.gov/4kR
Here’s some more information about this petition:
Eliminate the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
The legislation that congress used to create the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), also known as the Drug Czar’s office, requires that the ONDCP reject any attempts to reform laws for any substances on the List of Controlled Substances.
Because of this restriction, the ONDCP has shown time and again that it is willing to lie and distort facts in order to fulfill that mandate. This behavior by the ONDCP is un-American and immoral, and should not be allowed in a free and democratic society.
This petition requests that the ONDCP be eliminated.
sign this one too…spread the word….good karma to all
Remove Marijuana from the Schedule 1 list of drugs in the Controlled Substances Act
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/remove-marijuana-schedule-1-list-drugs-controlled-substances-act/D2J2ZdX4
Here. Help this petition and all the other good ones succeed, by signing this one, to lower the number of signatures a petition needs to get a response. I just created this one, so it’ll really help if everyone signs it and helps it grow!
http://wh.gov/2y9
Well the response is in and we’ve been blown off. Can clearly see that the white house is not willing to discus the issue, and almost flaunts a $20 billion dollars wasted on this worthless drug war. This just lets me know we have to fight locally even harder.
This is just the beginning! Sign It. Show Our Govornment that this is good. make our voices heard. GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!!!!!! NO MORE PROHIBITION
correction: the site to sign my petition is
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/we-people-want-end-marijuana-prohibition/xG9gQ2kw
whats wrong with the U.S is we the people who really rule the world forgot that, there are to many smokers for the U.S gov, to do anything about if we were not trurly slaves, which we are, there is not one thing that we can just do as we want, even take a day off, we all need to stop being slaves to the U.S GOV AND TAKE BACK OUR RIGHTS INSTEAD OF SOME OLD PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY RUN SOMETHING TELLING US WHAT WE CAN DO.
I just wrote about Obama’s response here: http://wp.me/p22rAt-6d
It’s pretty ridiculous that after so many signatures, they basically just ignored us. And it only took them 7 months to do so!
Next time, we need 70 million signatures.
Hi! I’ve been following your website for some time now and finally got the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Huffman Tx! Just wanted to say keep up the fantastic work!