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-- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! --
#9512156 - 12/29/08 12:45 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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A new round of Obama's Open for Questions exercise has begun! Please help keep the matter of marijuana legalization in the minds of our elected officials. Though you may not find this issue to be of pressing need, open dialogue about smart and compassionate policies should have an effect on our entire conglomerate of misguided governmental policy. This would actually help to reduce spending, reduce non-violent prison populations (which are out of control), while increasing tax revenue and personal safety. All I'm asking you to do, and it should only take about one more minute:
- Visit the change.gov Open for Questions page
- Register or login on the site (instant - no email verification required)
- Do a search for questions with "prohibitionist"
- And then click the check mark to vote for the following question:
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"Why won't you support the federal legalization of marijuana, which would increase tax revenue, reduce social harm, and create new jobs by regulating an industry that already exists in the US, even amidst our current prohibitionist policy?"
Hopefully we can receive a more substantive response this time around. Please vote in favor of the similar questions as well (there are quite a few!). The more frequently we can place these questions in their Top 10, the more likely the administration is to offer a comprehensive response, as well as the more likely the general populous will be to honestly reconsider our failed drug policy.
Even though our previous question garnered the #1 spot in Obama's first "Open for Questions" exercise, his administration skirted the meat of it and simply stated that "President-elect Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana." Let's try to find out a little more about WHY he does not favor this seemingly sensible path. Fortunately, the issue has been receiving some positive media attention:Quote:
"Apparently, the arrest of nearly 1,000,000 otherwise law abiding citizens each year for mere possession of cannabis, the relentless persecution of the sick and dying, and the continued incarceration of 1 out of every 100 adults, (and the imprisonment, jailing, probation or parole of 1 out of every 31 adults) is finally getting on peoples nerves.
Yes, these questions will not go away. Lawmakers around the country will have to suck it up and realize that, as Barney Frank put it: this is an area where the public is way ahead of the politicians."
Thanks for taking just a minute to help evoke positive change!
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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: krypto2000]
#9512222 - 12/29/08 12:59 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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Can you even waste time? It's going to pass regardless of what you are doing... not like you can save it up for only the moments that will exude a supreme amount of happiness and joy. Do you consider sleeping a waste of time? Sittin' on the shitter? Paying your bills or mowing the lawn? If it's any consolation, I don't think you wasted your time. In fact, I've probably spent as much of my time replying to you, as you had perceived to have wasted yourself in the first place!
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Re: -- Ask Obama WHY he Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization! -- [Re: hamandcheese]
#9512399 - 12/29/08 01:45 PM (15 years, 1 month ago) |
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hamandcheese said: If you really want the laws changed hand write letter to your congressmen, state government etc. I know you all think that Obama should respond to the questions asked and voted for, on this site, he will change very little if at all the federal government's stance on this issue. and the website doesn't represent the general populace, it represents a specific demographic. you have a much better chance of "having your voice heard" writing a thoughtful handwritten letter to a state rep than you do voting on a website. sure it may take a bit more effort but if this is an issue you truly care about then you should put forth that extra effort.
I agree with your suggestion to write in. But if I may diverge onto a related tangent - This isn't about expecting immediate change my friend. This is about keeping consistent pressure on ALL available avenues that may help lead to more sensible government policies in the long run. Though it may seem that some question on a website poll is not going to affect any real change, it is still something that can be referenced and pointed to in future efforts to procure the same positive change. It is a small step, but it is still a step.
Over the last year I have called and written to my representatives, senators, governator, president and various government officials such as the Treasury secretary and the head of the SEC numerous times. Maybe it will do some good and maybe it won't. But that potential for good is by default excluded when we resign ourselves to inaction and apathy. What's a few minutes of our time anyway? Try to create some positive change. You may not be entirely successful, but at least you will have given it an honest effort.
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