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Sign Petition Petition: Stop Marijuana Arrests
Drug Policy Alliance Petition
Stop Marijuana Arrests
53,033 signatures
About this Petition:
In 16 years, America has gone from a president who said he smoked marijuana but "didn't inhale" to a president who "inhaled; that was the point." President Obama has even admitted to using cocaine when he was younger, and the American people don't seem to be holding it against him. He is open about his struggle, like that of millions of Americans, with addiction to one of the world's most powerful drugs: nicotine.
Obama agrees with many of us about treating drug use as a health issue and not a criminal justice one. He continues to talk about reforming mandatory minimum sentencing and repealing the federal syringe ban that is responsible for hundreds of thousands of Americans contracting HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and other infectious diseases.
President Obama's attorney general indicated recently that the U.S. Justice Department is going to stop wasting federal resources arresting medical marijuana patients and providers. The tide is turning in our favor: the Kellogg's public image is in decline, after they refused to renew Michael Phelps’ contract; California is considering a bill to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana; the New Jersey Senate recently voted to legalize marijuana for medical use, and New York may pass real Rockefeller drug law reform any day now.
Together, we can end the senseless, violent prohibition on marijuana, if you sign and share this petition with your friends.
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I am working hard on gathering support and giving direction to the movement in Florida. We are organizing an event on Sept 19th. we are looking for volunteers, organizers, donors, petition gatherers, speakers, artists.. etc! if you want to be a part of something great, please contact me! namaste :)
Over 2,500 NORML Supporters Contacted Their Legislators This Week! Did you?
Over the past few weeks, an unprecedented number of you have used NORML’s Capwiz tools to write your legislators in support of pending marijuana law reform in your state. In fact, so far this week more than 2,500 of you have taken the time to e-mail your elected officials! And while this tally is impressive — and your actions are making a political difference — think about this:
Did you know that each time a legislator hears from a constituent, they count it as representing much more than that one person’s opinion? The numbers below illustrate just how much of a difference you can make by sending an e-mail, writing a letter, or placing a call.
one e-mail represents 100 people
one letter represents 500 people
one phone call represents 500 people
one personal visit represents 1000 people
In other words, the 2,500 e-mails (and counting) generated this week represent the public opinion of 250,000! And those 8,500 e-mails generated by NORML supporters in February represent the public opinion of 850,000 Americans!
Is it any wonder that legislators in Montana, New Jersey, Illinois, and Minnesota have all voted in favor marijuana law reform in just the past few days? Politicians in those states heard from you — and they received the message loud and clear. And they have responded!
With this kind of strong showing of support, how could they not have?
Of course, now is hardly the time to rest on our collective laurels. In fact, now is the time to step up our efforts and make our voices heard at an even higher decibel!
If you haven’t written your state elected officials, now is the time to visit NORML’s Action Alert page and do so. If you have already written your state senator and representative, why not pick up the phone today and give them a personal phone call? Or even better, if legislation is currently pending before a Committee in your state, take time out to call the Chairperson of that Committee and urge him or her to support sensible marijuana law reform. Need contact information? You can find it all here.
In the coming days, legislators in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Montana will hold hearings and/or votes on significant marijuana reform measures. On Tuesday, March 10, members of the Montana House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony in favor of House Bill 541, which seeks to reduce marijuana possession penalties to a $50 fine! Want to see this proposal become law? Then consider sending and e-mail or getting on the phone.
In the fifteen years I’ve been with NORML, I’ve never witnessed legislators more responsive to enacting common sense pot law reform than right now. But that doesn’t mean that they don’t need to hear from you.
So keep up the pressure and act now! Changes are on the horizon, and your efforts are helping to make them a reality.
http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/
NORML makes it easy to contact your elected officials!
First, review your state's existing marijuana laws, a state by state guide can be found here: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_...
and everything else you need to know about contacting your officials can be found here: http://capwiz.com/norml2/home/
simply enter your zip code, and you will be taken to a list of the said elected representatives, including all information necessary to contact them and make your voice heard!
NORML makes it easy to contact your elected officials!
First, review your state's existing marijuana laws, a state by state guide can be found here: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_...
and everything else you need to know about contacting your officials can be found here: http://capwiz.com/norml2/home/
simply enter your zip code, and you will be taken to a list of the said elected representatives, including all information necessary to contact them and make your voice heard!
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