Originally Posted by POTUS

IF a coordinated effort to send ORIGIONAL hand printed documents that clearly state a dislike for the current marijuana laws and a desire to have it LEGALIZED were to take place, and MILLIONS of letters directed at the office of the PRESIDENT where they would be counted and processed, then something might actually get done. The people would have had their say as a type of vote.

The press would get hold of the MILLIONS of letters fact, widely propagate the news and a real notice would take place that has a chance of changing the law by Executive Order.

This would have to be set up as much as a year ahead. The "pre-news" would start filtering to both the legal side and the side of the people with a FIRM DATE OF MAILING noted. That would do many things. It would enable people to talk among themselves so that many "fence-sitters" may decide to do it, and it would progressively bring it to the attention of the legal system that a change was inevitable.

SET THE DATE, SPREAD THE WORD NATIONALLY, PRESS EVERYONE TO SEND AN ORIGIONAL LETTER, NO PRE-PRINTED FORMS. USE THE "KISS" PRINCIPLE. NO 50 PAGE LETTERS. ONE PAGE, CLEAR, PRECISE.

On that date, the massive, MILLIONS of letters would tie the system into knots for many days. They would arrive in D.C. for a couple of weeks to be counted and read for a vote count. The news would broadcast the vote-by-letter. It would be an event, instead of a half-azzed try.

THAT is why it hasn't happened yet. It's illegal still because obviously not enough people give a rats behind enough to coordinate an effort.

The first series of letters would be talked down by the anti-marijuana people. They would probably cause it to be finally ignored. HOWEVER, that is when the second, and if necessary, a third and fourth series of letters are sent on prescribed days following the first, IF THE LAWS ARE NOT CHANGED BY EXECTUTIVE ORDER. It's that simple. FORCE the President to stop marijuana prosecution until the senate and the congress can vote on the law and over-turn it.

If this is done, marijuana would be legal to use within a month.

Will it ever take place?

I, like Alistair, don't think so. People talk a good game, but when it's time to get off their collective azzes and do something like write a half page letter with original thoughts, they won't do it. "I don't know what to say", "I don't have time", "They'll put me on a list and harass me"....the excuses will fly.

It comes down to:

PUT UP OR SHUT UP, BUT PUT UP ON THE SAME DAY NEXT JANUARY 20th. That's the President's first anniversary as the Man.

I'm going to start a Poll for who will write this letter on January 20th, 2010.

If you are going to write a letter, then just vote yes. No Bull-Puckey. Don't say yes unless YOU ARE GOING TO WRITE THE LETTER to the President.

Others in other countries than the USA, please feel free to do the same in your own country. A world-wide effort would be quite the news.

Originally Posted by POTUS

The letter doesn't need to be formal or in a business format. It needs only to contain a clear statement that you think marijuana should be legal for people who wish to use it and that growing it for your own personal use should also be allowed. As long as those two ideas are clear in it, then that will make it clear.

As for the address of the White House...

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500


Mr. President,

I am a citizen of the United States of America, of voting age, and I wish to make my opinion clear to you about the laws in our country concerning marijuana usage.

I firmly believe that marijuana should be legal to use and governed by the same laws that concern alcohol consumption.

I also believe that a private citizen should be able to grow their own marijuana in an amount sufficient to supply them with enough for their own personal use.

Please, Mr. President, enough of our county's resources have been wasted on the futile effort to control the use of this harmless plant. Enough of our citizens have suffered legal action as a result of using this plant.

Please use your Executive Powers to stop the senseless persecution of the citizens who choose to use this plant for both medical relief of pain and suffering as well as a method of mild, relaxing, recreational enjoyment.

If commercial production were to be allowed, controlled and taxed for sale to the public in the same manner as alcohol, the revenue produced from the jobs created and the profits from it's legal and taxed sale would also help our country revive from this recession.

Thank you for your attention to this needless waste of the taxpayers money, the Governments resources and billions of dollars that could be better used in other venues.

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DO NOT SEND ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE.

Then you print your full name and address at the bottom left and sign it with exactly the same name.

You have said nothing about using or growing marijuana yourself. You have not implicated yourself as a user or grower. This is important.

Please hand print this clearly. Take your time and make it very legible and easy to read. This is also important.


Thank you all,

StoneyBud

Originally Posted by suggarpaws

Along with this, please also call 772-257-4663 from your cell or home phone (or BOTH!) and listen to the recorded message requesting your digital signature for the legalization petition being signed nationwide.
All you have to do is press # to sign, and it requires no other information from you. However, you may only call once per phone to sign. Text or email everyone you know, we need 1,000,000 signatures to present this petition to Obama!

Peace!

Originally Posted by v0ssman

why? Ive never even heard of a petition changing someones political scheme of things...Sounds like wasted effort...promise him monopoly on all the Weed industry, show him it will tower over any other profits hes currently taking in from other industries. Decriminalization is the way to go, let the people regulate the weed. With Legalization the government handles and procures our meds...and theyve already done a trashy job regulating things..so stop letting spineless politicians tell you what to do and give the responsiblity to the people. The individual, isnt that what america was originally about?