It was just last Thursday that the White House launched their petition website, “We the People.” That morning, NORML submitted a petition calling for the legalization of marijuana. In just four short days the petition has received over 35,000 signatures, making it the most signed petition on the website by nearly 15,000 names. Thousands of Americans are calling upon President Obama to end marijuana prohibition and more are joining in every minute.
While the caliber of the President’s response may, in the end, be questionable, what is unquestionable is that this outpouring of support generated a large, positive, media buzz for marijuana legalization. Including coverage on the Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC.
Alternet:
“‘Legalize Marijuana’ Petition Leads in Votes on White House’s New ‘We The People’ Site – Will Obama Listen?
Forbes:
What The People Want: Abolishment of the TSA and Marijuana Legalization
International Business Times:
Marijuana Legalization is Top Issue in White House Petition
Raw Story:
Marijuana question sky-rockets to top of new White House petition site
The Blaze:
Topping the White House’s New Online Petition Site? Marijuana Legalization
LA Weekly Blog:
Marijuana Legalization Issue on Obama’s Desk Thanks to White House’s Online Petition Program
New York Times Blog:
A Petitioning System Goes to Pot, and More
Gawker:
White House Solicits Ideas from Internet, Internet Demands Weed
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; ET proposal close
Local News Affiliates:
Such as KLTV7 in Missouri
If you haven’t already, you can join the 35,000+ Americans taking a stand for marijuana legalization by clicking the button below:
Yeah, big deal……….they’ll review it alright then toss it in the trash .
C’mon. They were well aware, and I’m sure they’ve already gathered an “appropriate” response. It just boggles my mind that marijuana in its most crudest, rawest, smoked form is exponentially more safer than any FDA approved drug. Yet it’s the most illegal drug. Why?
JUST A WHITE SCREEN!!
After getting logged in, my many attepts to call up a petition so I can sign it are met with nothing but a WHITE SCREEN!
Corruption and incompetence knows no limits.
WAY TO GO NORML!
they will…wait for it pass its a addictive…blah blah blah!!! when are we marching??? why arent we protesting in the streets instead of hiding behind computers it is time to stand up!
Wow you dont check the web for a week and then you gotta hustle to catch up!! Signing up now and spreading the word.
Just signed the petition and I’m the 36,200 person. Feels good to be a part of a growing revolution 😀
Women helped end alcohol prohibition. Now it’s time to help end marijuana prohibition.
Im proud of the people who feel the same about weed as I do. No alcohol for me, give me the choice of using a safer alternative. I can only hope now that if this ever comes to a ballot (hopefully congress will do the right thing) in the states that all young people will get registered and actually vote.
I cannot shake the feeling that our government will continue to ignore all but the folks who fund their campaigns.
If the pro-legalization crowd pooled all their money together and showed/promised it to Congress, the law would change tomorrow.
Until then, we’ve got the best government that China’s money can buy.
Too bad the website wasn’t working correctly otherwise there would have been a lot more votes for this subject. Could this be a ploy to see how many people this would equal out to in votes? Hmmmm… Obama may be hard headed and loves big pharma but he’s got to know this isn’t a third rail issue any longer. Maybe when he sees how many “users” there are he’ll realize it’s a powerful block of voters? Naw!
You guys know this petition is completely meaningless, right? The whole petition thing is just like a placebo. No one in the government is ever going to read this.
If you want a preview of “the caliber of the President’s response ,” go to dea.gov and check out “The DEA’s Position on Marijuana.” It is in pdf form, and it was released in January of this year. It is, of course, filled with overblown “evidence” of the dangers of marijuana, even including a story of a young man who used marijuana and then murdered his parents. Am I the only one who expects the President’s response to be along the same lines? After all, it is his Justice Department and his DEA who put out this “reefer madness” crap as their official position. Of course, it’s good to get the issue out in the open as often as possible as long as we don’t expect anything progressive at all to come out of the administration.
Need this thing to go virial
I signed up and got on my account and the “sign this petition” button is still greyed out. Did this happen to anyone else and do you know how to fix it?
well, since the President has had a week to respond and/or take a position on the ACTUAL protest going on in NYC(Occupy Wall street)..and has yet to. I seriously doubt he’s worried about a lil’ ol’ bunch a signitures…the time to protest is upon us. Time for people to get involved……..
Dylan Ratigan is the man.
The only way, it seems, to end marijuana prohibition is to MARCH ON WASHINGTON, D.C. IN PROTEST!
But it’s going to take everyone who wants legalization and it’s going to take time and organization.
Protestors will have to be prepared for the long haul and that will call for a united effort on everyone’s part.
I’m a dialysis patient, but I would go without my life saving treatments to march on Washington. They would have to dialyze me in the street.
Folks, we need a leader, an organizer, a motivator, a speaker who will get the masses off their asses and demand our law makers make the change.
END MARIJUANA PROHIBITION NOW!!!! NOT IN ANOTHER &$ YEARS! NOT IN ANOTHER 20 YEARS! NOT IN ANOTHER % YEARS!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OOPS! That’s 20 and 5 years, respectively. And I’m not even high. lol
Why is so upsurd that weed not be legalized are last three president’s have done several members of confess have to but not one of them will even consider introducing a legalization bill or the court wont protect are rights in this unconstitutional war on drugs so its up to the people if this administration refuse to recognise we the people wish then I say we vote every last one of them out of office and show them who actually has the power not them us and they need not to forget it while they waste are tax money on this BS war its time too stand up for are rights and quit letting are government walk all over us. Revolution will be inevitable if they don’t obey the peoples will but hopefully this works
It’s about time we the people rise up.
What a lot of folks are saying is absolutely correct. Hiding behind our computer screens won’t avail us any longer.
Our movement has a LOT of momentum right now, lets not wait for that to be lost.
Norman G
Seymour, TX
September 22, 2011
Signature # 1,211
My number in the petition,,and my new signature,,,good ol #1,211
We do not have to march on DC,,costing millions of dollars in transportation expenses,lodging and all the expenses incurred in a trip like that for most people.
Set the date and time NORML,,protest at your local county courthouse,,or in some smaller states,,at your state capital.
Although some of the numbers won’t be as impressive,,the increased participation will make up for it.
Ol #1,211
If NORML would coordinate our efforts to protest across this country I think most of us would be glad to participate. I think we should await the Obama Admistrations response to the petition and if it turns out to be the same old lame rhetoric we all need to go beyond simply fighting this from our computers!
Please NORML, we’re counting on you to help us make this happen! I believe the momentum behind legalization is now with us and that we have to act while the iron is hot!
I signed all the MJ ones! Then I created one. But I have no friends, so I only have 12 votes! Mine says…Close 50% of our overseas military bases and bring those Americans home. They have jobs but will need housing. Spend our defense money in the United States….please sign mine so it will get on the national board. the address is http://wh.gov./gv5
When did I sign away my constitutional rights as a medical marijuana patient? http://wp.me/pJR5Y-Zd There appears to be a concerted effort to TAKE the constitutional rights from medical marijuana patients ALL over the U.S. We need to stand together, this means talking to the NRA about protecting the rights of ALL AMERICANS to the protections of the 2nd amendment, MMJ patients and providers included!
The White house must know what I think about the issue and what I think about Obama the looser,, when I log in, it won’t let me sign anything.
I wrote to the IT staff about it yesterday, and they still haven’t fixed their broken web site.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/issues/we-the-people
Ironic that “we the people” are under the “issues” directory on the website.
Sad that there is no listing under “issues” that relate to the most popular topic in the U.S.
Vote/March/Join/Donate/Educate – Anything you do makes a difference!
I’m expecting them to give us more lies and reasons why the drug war should be continued,I wonder if they really think we believe some of the crap they spew out of their mouths.
The question is what if they don’t say yes? Protests? Go go million stoner march.Carpool!
NOTICE TO NORML !!!!! The question has been posed to Mr Obama via a local news website as to how he will respond to the WE the People Petition to Legalize and Regulate!! Stay tuned to see if it is asked and how he will respond !!!!!!
http://www.wxii12.com/news/29319478/detail.html
YAY Great job guys
Well may God bless Russia of whom has exibited a remarkable ability to think correctly during all the BS being put out by UNCLE SAM around the world.
Elmer Puddphucker
Russia to open marijuana retail chain
April 9th, 2011 by admin Leave a reply »
01.04.2011 13:24
Marijuana. Photo from forpost.tv
Russia to open marijuana retail chain
The first store to sell marijuana will appear in Russia in Nizhny Novgorod. However, it is not going to sell the psychotropic substance to everyone. Persons under 18 years of age will not be allowed to purchase this product, and pregnant women will not be able to enter the store either. The opening is planned for June. At the moment, the store chain management is holding negotiations with suppliers.
It has been decided to open a network of similar stores later in Moscow, Irkutsk and Samara.
It will be recalled that, as of December 2010, it is allowed by law to sell marijuana in Russia. The State Duma approved the project to distribute the psychotropic substances for medical purposes. Marijuana is also known as an anesthetic, antiepileptic, anticonvulsive, and antiemetic medicine.
Source: http://www.newsbcm.com/doc/726
Article source: https://www.tripme.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=4039&goto=newpost
While you are signing this petition please take the time to sign the petition to investigate the NYPD and file charges on Anthony Bologna the officer that maced a group of girls in the Occupy Wall Street protest. The girls were not hostile and did not fight back.
Copy and paste this anywhere you can
Petition
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/launch-investigation-against-nypd-and-file-charges-against-anthony-bologna-using-mace-peaceful/Jtqqffwc
Video
Come one guys!!! turn up the heat!! I know there’s a lot more then 42,000 stoners out there,It doesn’t take long.
So..not so shockingly, the website hosting the petitions was, in my guestimation, hacked. I logged on this morning as I had been tracking the progress of the petitions and I come to find that none of the petitions are there any longer, and the ones that are there are now all in Latin! Additionally, if you search by popularity, you find that none have signatures in the thousands. I guess when the government no longer wants to proceed with an online petition, it can simply blame hacking or viruses, and therefore pretend like it never happened in the first place. I wish I could do that with my tax bill!
I have to give credit where its due…they fixed it, and I am proud to announce that the signature count is now at 44,826!
If you’re getting a grayed out button while signed in. Try signing out and back in while remaining on the petition page.
I think this is a great movement in finally ending this prohibition. Marijuana is a multi-billion dollar industry and needs to be legalized, because i feel it will help with our suffering economy.
Ok I was #15371! and have not seen any problems at all. We need more Signatures! I would love to see 10 to 15 million up there we should have parties to sign this, make computers available at the hempfest etc. Im also wondering why there are no NORML/legalize sign present at these Occupy movements?
Dylan Ratigan is paid to co-op this movement so that he can push Obama for another re-election… I dont like the guy, but I like what he says here to seem like us and I like the attention..
I just worry that people actually believe media pundits arent completely controlled by big Pharma… in law school I found out that they are not just controlled by information, lawyers will come down on editors about the proper enunciation of certain words and syllables
yea.. I know like 1984 style
It is time NORML fights “fire with fire”! Things are starting to get ugly about marijuana. This is the time to do a force ralley around the USA, and tell the goverment enough of the marjuana war for good!
@52 – I’m with you! Why are we not protesting this incredible injustice in the streets? I know it didn’t work back in the 60’s but maybe it will work now if done correctly and if it was properly organized.
How about it NORML? Perhaps next 420 we could actually make our voices heard instead of simply getting punked again by our President.
Need an Organizer? YES
Need support of groups that already have clout? YES
How about getting support by huge groups, such as the Hospice & Palliative Care Association or the American Nurses Association (ANA), where ‘Caring’ is purported as the science & the art? While the support of random large groups could be a good strategy fir the sake of numbers, those large respected groups possessing respect,clout & historical impact, who might also be genuinely compassionate to this cause, could support a strong, respectable ‘networking’ strategy, where ‘common causes’ get attention. Thoughts, ideas?
lets hope they don’t just toss this in the trash but i am
Signature # 68,213
Soma a narcotic as of 2012. Look for other signs……
Legalize it! !!!!
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Hooray for Colorado and Washington! A few more states and the Federal Government WILL fold!!
Weeeeeedddddd…. the People!!!!!
I think its past time for it to be legalized