The movement has been gathering a voice for months and legalization is closer than ever. It's time to unite and make our voices heard.
Everytime this petition get signed or a post is gets retweeted, we are closer to making it happen.
We ask you to sign below in favor of the legalization of marijuana.
Sarah Lauria,
Kevin Coss,
Xander Hrnicr,
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In a place where gambling and prostitution is legal, and where a person can buy hard liquor off a grocery store shelf, it simply makes NO sense that marijuana is illegal. It's as if the government is saying, "Let's hunt down and destroy this benign tumor wherever it appears, but let's ignore that nuclear warhead in the living room." There's no logic to it. If marijuana could be legalized, it could also be taxed and regulated like liquor and cigarettes. LEGALIZE IT!!!
david B,
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legalize it
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shawn king,
leagalize it
Louis H,
As a sufferer from anxiety and depression I have been on plenty of different medications (Zoloft, Effexor, Xanax etc) and all have had a profound effect on my quality of life. Some have made me feel dis attached from the outside world, suicidal, violent and angry, more depressed or more anxious. After playing games with these pills for 4+ years I self medicated with marijuana. I can say with full confidence it is the worlds best medicine. I have not been depressed in months, and my panic attacks have vanished. I wake up every day with a smile on my face ready to take on the world. It has opened my eyes to the beauty this world has to offer. I have also seen its positive effects on physical sickness as well. My mother was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and underwent aggressive chemotherapy and radiation for 7 weeks. I have watched her health deteriorate through the treatment due to the chemicals they were filling her with. Her doctors and I encouraged her to try marijuana. She did and within minutes was amazed at the relief it brought. I saw her smile for the first time since treatment began. She was finally able to eat something other than Ensure nutritional drinks and her vomiting stopped for a while. I use marijuana because it makes me the person I need to be, not because I'm looking to get stoned, even though I enjoy the high. However unlike every other medication Ive tried, I could stop using marijuana right now and never touch it again. The antidepressants I have had are highly addictive and very dangerous to stop without a doctors approval and stopping the medication "cold-turkey" will cause drastic and dangerous withdrawls, many leading to suicidal thoughts and tendencies. My mother uses it to eat, sleep and to not be in constant pain, not to become high. I know first hand the benefits of marijuana as a responsible user from a medical stand point. Twitter: @fuckLoujo
ed,
marijuana should be legalized bc i have diabetic neropathy and the only thing that helps is marijuana. ya there are pain pills but you get extremly addicted to them. so the government should be more worried about people taken pain pills bc they hurt you in the long run unlike marijuana (which god put on this earth).
Hannah,
I believe that if we legalize marijuana, the economy and legal system would benefit the most because, it would be bringing in tons of money and the thousands of marijuana cases would be dropped and there would be more room in the prison to keep people have committed more serious crimes.
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Rebecca Wright,
marijuana is a useful medicstion for scoliosis. I cannot digest all the pain killers that would supplement the effects of marijuana for my scoliosis
Alyssa,
There are far more pros for legalization than there are cons. Hands down. Legalize our plant!
Chris,
In the Holy Bible
Book of Genesis:
1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.
1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good…
Andre Terrell,
all for it...
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I think weed should be legal because when people are on it there peaceful and because if its legal less people will want it because its legal and won't make them rebels anymore and it would get rid of crime and because you can make paper from hemp which would save our environment instead of cutting down trees and good music and art have been made because of pot and it clams people down and pot has many other uses like you can make plastic clothing and hemp fuel which would save our environment. ect. Just legalize and tax. Will help out the economy so much and also to rebuild the economy decline. Will put more money in the hands of the people and the government. Come on, we are not criminals we are just people who like to have a good time:)
Jill,
I think it should be legalized because honestly, how many people have died of a marijuana overdose? How many people have gotten hostile when they were high on weed? We're not talking about meth or heroin, this is weed, a god bared plant. It makes us peaceful, and hell, if alcohol, which makes some people hostile and you can die from having too much, is legal, then why the fuck isn't weed? It makes us hungry, that's about it. If it becomes legal then what's gonna happen? People will get high and eat. There are things much worse than weed that are legal, why can't we just get high and not worry about it anymore.
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patrick,
i think it should be legal because when people are on it there peaceful and because if its legal less people will want it because its legal and won't make them rebels anymore and it would get rid of crime and because you can make paper from hemp which would save our environment instead of cutting down trees and good music and art have been made because of pot and it clams people down and pot has many other uses like you can make plastic clothing and hemp fuel which would save our environment. ect.
Christina Gatlin,
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People that are Disabled require legal marijuana to coop with there condition's. Im only 32 and have a ruff time with my mental and physical conditions that i cant work on top of find a treatment that could be fixed by medical marijuana please consider that life is ruff enough without the right health treatment as is. Thank you for your time
Sandy,
16 states, 34 to go.
Mike,
America. Land of the free. Live your life how you want to live it and fight for your right. To smoke
John Windsor III,
Following my being with Sarah Wookey in Fairmont, WV about 1987. the first street girl I saw was interested in asking me if I wanted a puff or two of stuff called, Reefer. I said no, so she didn't press this, but I did go for a rid with Salena and her pimp, as I was out most of the night going toward a outside community in Fairmont, WV. I live in Morgantown, WV now since 1994, as I don't remember all the Fairmont outlying area's.
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It is time to legalize it and watch the money roll in. Seriously.
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We legalize alcohol simply because it's "part of our history" even though we have so many alcohol related crimes and minimal marijuana related crimes. The bible-thumpers lie and say that one joint is worse than smoking ten cigarettes. We need the tx money from marijuana not to mention all the proven medical uses it has. Time to stop the stupid lies around marijuana that starded with "the war on drugs" that made marijuana as bad as heroine in terms of class 1 drug all because it was easy to go after and represent as a leaf and because the paper manufacturing plants put tons of their own money attacking it and hemp because they didn't want hemp to become a cost effective replacement for paper, rope, and clothing. Get rid of laws against marijuana and who knows what other innovations with hemp and our resources will be made.
max gibson,
so the truth is, pot isnt legal because like the first comment on the board says by sarah- (pot would make her stop taking her anti-depressant) likewise it would make (help) other people stop taking other meds. bipolar, or (crazy pills) as some people call them, ect. the government is prob calculatiing the pros/cons of the ligalization. note- when the gonverment says pros and cons they mean, how much money would be lost/make in the matter... if pot doesnt legalize, God forbid, its because they (the government) would be losing to great of a control over the minds of americans. but that is a total other topic. anyways pot will most liikely become legal and the way the gonvernment spends its money will be directed around pot instead of other very harmful drugs... pot wouilda been legalized in the past but that wasnt the way the people as a hole were leading and the gonvernment tricked the americans into thinking that the drugs they were giving them were suitable haha thats a word for it alright. itle be legal they just gota figure out the pro/cons ;)
Sarah,
It's time to legalize it! It helps me eat better, it motivates me to do my work out, to write and play guitar. It even makes me play videogames better! I could stop taking my anti-drepressants with pot. I could go nonstop on why to legalize it; as for reasons NOT to legalize it; I can't think of one good reason!
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The war on drugs is the stupidest waste of money the government has ever created. Many people lose their jobs and are harder unecessarily by weed when they could be benefiting from it. It's basically a free source of money! Why not take it? The reason pot is illegal is because of old white people hating it because of lies they were told in the 60's and 70's. This is something we are WASTING money on rather than EARNING. That's like paying your boss every week instead of him paying you. Stupid. This is a FREE COUNTRY, And people should be able to do ANYTHING they want, AS LONG as it doesn't harm anyone else. I don't see pot doing that.
But whose gonna read this? Obama? Some old white politician? I think not. The reason our once great country is run neck deep in the mud is because of the constant waste of money, income, and other valuable resources. LIKE MARIJUANA. As one person before me posted, anyone who uses pot now is not going to stop because it's illegal, and people aren't going to spontaneously start using just because it gets legalized once someone with enough control realizes the moral and financial value of marijuana. Politicians over-inflated with power made this drug illegal, it's now time to correct that mistake. Please, if you find this useful or helpful or whatever, feel free to repost it anywhere you you like. You don't even have to credit me for it. But anyone, everyone that sees the light.. Please get the word out and help spread the knowledge and hinder the ignorance.
gloria lacey,
I'm 62 yrs. old and have been smoking pot for 46 yrs. tried, other drugs ,but not for me , don't like to drank been thier too. It' needs to be legalize. Look at the money it would bring in on taxes. Plus all the money we'd save on prisioners that are charged with weed.
rick,
America. Land of the free. Live your life how you want to live it and fight for your right.
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We could help the economy by legalizing marijuana, the farming industries would benefit, lower prison population for weed possesion. Marijuana was made illegal by some dumb-ass politicans after they watched a dumb-ass movie called "Reefer madness". If you ever seen this horrible movie it would be hard for someone to take it seriously, but our politicans did. Go figure!?! Stop wasting time and money keeping marijuana illegal and use those funds for something else more important like helping our wounded war vets, possibly helping the elderly instead of cutting their insurance or other benifits. Feeding the poor or helping the homeless would be another area we could spend these resources.
Lisa Morris,
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What are we waiting for? Can we please stop enforcing our law against nature. It's just a plant, and it really doesn't do us any harm. It's just a plant and it's grown with us for thousands of years. This whole "war on drugs" thing just isn't working... Can we please get real people?!
Tealeigh Hutchens,
My brother and many of my friends are pot smokers, and they all are perfectly find human beings! Legalize it so they dont feel like criminals! They dont do any other drugs or anything else bad. I want to try it atleast one time when its legalized.
Elise V Bailey,
Marijuana has helped my depression and anxiety immensely. Also, it is way safer than alcohol and tobacco. Legalize this natural plant. It helps more than you know.
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I'm 46 years old and been smoking 30+ years and weed does not cause people to get on harder drugs. It's a choose they make on there on, I have done a little of it all, and i amma regular toker and will be tile my dieing days.
Good luck with the cause.
Katie Glenn,
Kim Conard,
Marijuana has to many myths attached to it. So maybe people are against it when Alcohol and prescription medications affect the mind and body negatively 100 % more than marijuana ever could.
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Legalize it, don't criticize it.
Cindy,
My father recently got both of his kidneys removed and will start doing dialysis 3 times a week. Well he can't take pain medication since he doesn't have kidneys and waiting for a transplant. He's in a lot of pain and would benefit from medicinal marijuana. We're in Florida and it's illegal here it's about time that changed.
scott semanick,
i find that i use less oxycotin for pain when i smoke a little bud.you figure it out.now i have to be treated to be rehabed to get off the oxycotin. i will debate the legalization anytime, it should have been years and years ago.
Delilah Dannemiller,
Marijuana should be legal in all states really, my hand was severed a few years ago and the only thing that helps all the pain (nerves etc.) is pot. Imagine all the people it could help, not everyone is going to be "degenerates", I've had quite a history with it over my years and its a shame that not everyone can do it freely, please consider it, and you may want to try a bit first then decide, thanks.
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Just legalize and tax. Will help out the economy so much and also to rebuild the economy decline. Will put more money in the hands of the people and the government. Come on, we are not criminals we are just people who like to have a good time!!!!!!!!
zibade,
Legalize it........... peace
TED MCCRAY,
Eric Ortegon,
stop criminalizing non-criminals or as Peter Tosh would say "legalize it".
Genesis,
I honestly think that not being able to blaze legally is completely retarded smoking grass is not nearly as bad as drinking alcohol and most over the counter drugs MARIJUANA should be legal just because i believe there are legal things that are worse they should really check on what is right to legalize and what is not.
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main i got ARRESTED for sum little ass shake horrible we need this to be legal its a plant not a DRUG. i got a court case on me now for not even a blunt sized bag. I definitely support the movement make this THC legal.
jeremy ardoin,
Noel C Brown,
I am bipolar and have benn treated with corporate meds for over 15 years and they didn't help. SSRI's are no better than a placebo, FDA study proved that. Lithium does little and is toxic. I refuse to take anymore barbiturates or anti psychotic meds. I have found marijuana provides relief from anxiety, depression and helps stabilize my mood. Now before you no that can't be there are scientific studies that back me up just do some googling and search youtube. Marijuana also is anti tumorous it causes barin cancer to destroy itself it lowers the chance of lung cancer and copd. It helps many other illnesses too. It is astounding that our government keeps on lying about this miracle plant. I want to know why we can't sue for this medication myself.
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I smoked grass when I was in college and for years after in the 1970s. I am now 60 and soon will retire. When I do I will no longer be subject to a drug test and I will use marijuana again. I feel totally frustrated that I cannot smoke marijuana legally. How can the government justify making it a crime smoking a harmless plant. Can't they see the truth? Why is there so much fear about marijuana? Why can't the people that make the federal drug laws understand what everyone is telling them. It is totally frustrating that tobacco is legal to smoke with the drug nicotine but marijuana is illegal. WHY? The active drug in marijuana does not cause nearly the damage to the body that tobacco and alcohol do. If I smoke some marijuana in my home at night who does that harm? Please please change the laws and lets stop allowing the dealers to make tax free money off of US Citizens. Please change the law!
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It is time that someone in the government step, stop the lies about marijuana and make it legal. Our tax dollars are wasted trying to enforce old outdated laws and we are robbed of a GOD GIVEN LIBERTY in which GOD HIMSELF stated that all of the herbs of the field are for our consumption. Marijuana is NOT a man-made substance. It would be so easy to control in a legal aspect, just like cigarettes and alcohol and the government would not only save money, but potentially make money.
Tararaina,
I hope Marijuana should be legalized in French Polynesia, Tahiti ! Smoke weed is not a crime, is just a need to fly, to be cool...MariLize LegaJuana !
steven,
Luis gomez,
We need to legalize in florida. Take a square 2 the head. Tired of prescription pills for my chronic back and shoulder pain Go Green florida!!!!!!!!!
Kole Alexander Higgins,
Marijuana needs to be legal. the government can make money that way and our people can have a good time make shit that we usually would not be able to do and just chill and have a good time.. this is not a gateway drug. Most people dont think transfer to say meth or heroin after using Pot... the people that do that are just people with lots of things going and and have alot of problems... So.. tell the government there fucking retarded and to legalize this shit.. or were all going to take over the white house and we gonna go willy nelson style and smoke on that fucker all day long.. S.F.L
Kathy Day,
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Alcohol causes severe mood swings, rage, thoughtless acts, abuse, reckless driving, rape, and murder. Tobacco most obviously leads to lung cancer over an extensive period of time and various legal drugs you can easily overdose on as well as have harmful side effects. And marijuana? It makes you feel euphoric and has minimal effects on the body that do not last. Even your potential for lung cancer is a practically nonexistent as compared to cigarettes.
Disregarding the effects of marijuana on the body, weed has economic benefits as well. If it is legalized the government can tax you when you purchase it. Maybe it's not the best thought for us individually but it's beneficial to our economy.
My argument here: why did they bother making it illegal in the first place?
Ernesto Urroz,
Benny Elliott,
Danielle Michaelson,
I am a 31 yr. old mother of 2 children suffering with bi-polar disorder & P.T.S.D. ( Post traumatic stress disorder). I was on psychiatric meds for about 15 years. I have been on countless prescription meds and therapy. What i got out of there perscription drugs was endless side effect, most of them was just as bad or even worse than what i am taking the meds for. some of the psychiatric meds i was on increased my suicidal tendencies.. wait i thought I am on the meds to prevent that… not make them worse..
Through out the years i was commited to mental hospitals for weeks at a time, attempted suicide over a half dozen times. I did not want to live this way anymore and see the effects it was having on my children.I started to research cannabis but I was so afraid of what society thought. A few years back i stop all medication and turned to cannabis. I am still in therapy, and i know that helps with the issues i have. I know from my own experience how it has its benefits. Cannabis is not a cure, neither is pyschiatric medication it is to help you function on a daily basis.. I choose to be able to function with my family rather than my family visting my grave site. I am usually like a bomb ready to explode at any minute.. Everyone on egg shells cause they dont know what kind of reaction i would have. I am able to function with my family again, during my manic attacks it works the best.. the rage, mood swings, self destructive things i would do during my manic stage completely subsides when i take cannabis. My concentration, communication is better, the thoughts that race in my mind are quiet and i am able to focus. It helps lift me out my depression where i can function as a person, mother and wife. I did not get to choose to not have a mental illness, but i should have the choice to use cannabis as my treatment. I should not have to fear jail or chance of loosing my children.
I already have a life sentence living with mental illness, I am fighting to avoid the death sentence..
Since i started cannabis a few years back i have had no hospital stays and zero suicude attempts.
Danielle Michaelson
Todd Stepphens,
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Marie Calendar,
i think weed should be legal because it's not all the anti-marijuana people make it out to be. Most people don't 'gateway' to other drugs and they do it for a reason like to relieve stress or make dope ass music! You experience it every day in different forms, from the music you listen to and even some of the clothes you wear. It lets the world burst with creativity in a way that wouldn't be possible without it. The only thing preventing people from reaching that creative potential is the law, which needs to be changed in this new day and age.
dane guthrie,
I am a disabled person who is in constant pain. I would perfer to smoke pot than keep taking all these drugs. legal marijuana was or is like proabition it was legal then some legal pin heads decided to make it a evil drug withouy any evedence. Its time to rise up and help people like me and all disabled people.
daniel minteer,
I thing Marijuana and cigarettes should be more so legalized then alcohol, because with alcohol you get more pain's then with Marijuana or cigarettes. See what i think is that Marijuana and cigarettes are less painful and when u drink alcohol when u try to releave your stress it does not work from anexample when you drink and then when morning comes if you drank alot of beer/alcohol you throw it up and you also get a hangover. but with Marijuana that we or the people smoke u get it for a while then it goes away and it depends on what kind you are smoking. So all i want is that we the people should be able to smoke Marijuana when we want/whereever we want that's what i think.
Nikol Aguirre,
Marijuana is without a doubt safer than alcohol consumption. It's absurd that alcohol is deemed legal and marijuana is not. Since there is so much pot coming into the country illegally and dangerously anyways, legalizing it could potentially save many lives. Also, if the government was smart, they could make money off the tax that would be placed on pot just like they do off of tobacco/cigarettes. And of course, like tobacco, pot should only be sold to and used by adults of 18 years of age.
Forrest Olson,
So when will we learn the war on drugs is just a complete wast of our money and time, when we should be worried about rapists and murders?
jessi jeffries(richmond va),
o however dpont smoke pot but have been around it my entire life and many of my friend / family members smoke frequently or almost every day several times a day... its jsut like smoken cigarettes.. i believe that if legalized many peoples strees and anxiexty levels would drop and youd see a lot happier of a country... pot "marijuana" is completely harmless and relaxes most peoples state of being... IM HERE TO SAY LET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CHOOSE THEIR OWN PATHS ANDS OWN EXTRACIRCIULAR ACTIVETIES .... *i dont get high but i like to be taken to new heights!!! YAY
terry otero,
Benjamin Abucewicz,
That's the only thing that keeps me level
Up in my crazy head
Stoned on the run, run
Dan Sanregret,
I'am recovering from a severe brain injuy (tear to stem, caused stroke). I've been carded for the past 5yrs. Have been using for 13yrs for muscles, emotions. My medical marijuanna replaces 5prescription pills....and dosent weed kill brain cells?..........go figure...............
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I am 41. I have been smoking weed for 25 years. I have better control on weed instead of alchol. Please legal it. So those states can tax on weed for their need money. Go support legal weed
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Monk Da Villain,
Weed is the best thing everrrrrrrrrrr. Without it, cows couldn't fly, and I couldn't make music. Plus it's also an amazing medical sedative and works twice as fast as any otc asprin.
Bryon Hartung,
Clifton Umstead,
I am a medical student from West Virginia, and I want to add my perspective. Even with what little medical experience I have thus far acquired, I can without a doubt say and prove that tobacco and alcohol use are ten times worse than marijuana use. I can also confidently say that using marijuana via a vaporizer is about 100 times more beneficial than either tobacco (with tobacco probably having no beneficial effects) or alcohol use. God Speed Marijuana Legalization.
Ben Patient,
lets not forget hemp, which has been "bundled" and prohibited along with marijuana. We could receive great economic benefits through the use of hemp.
cblack,
hope It happena real soon
Russell,
world peace pipe
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smoke dank!!!!
Vicki Guzman,
How is something this non lethal stay illegal and yet it remains an over vilified object still up for debate? Help legalize a harmless drug that our government insists on keeping illegal.
Ann,
Marijuana cause less accidents per year and kills less people than alcohol and cigarettes. THINK ABOUT IT.
kaitlyn,
weed should be legal, everywhere. the government just have to have control over everything we do. and its bull.
Laura Zakhar,
codycale,
for god's sake this is over do
Brandon Evans,
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Marijuana should be allowed for medical reasons everywhere. Preachers should think before they speak.
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Alex Norman,
I smoke weed regularly and I did better than expected in my exams! Why can't the government open their eyes?
joe,
As FDR did with alcohol, lets turn this cash crop into something great for this country. This could be the answer everyone is looking for to pull this country out of this recession.
