Official Whitehouse Marijuana Petition!

The White House is now accepting petitions from the American people on what issues matter to them. The minimum threshold for a response from the administration is 5,000 signatures, at which point they claim: "White House staff will review it, ensure it’s sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response."

Since they seem to like to ignore or denounce any similar 3rd party petitions (online or otherwise), let's give them some official numbers to work with.

Please sign, and PLEASE SHARE!

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/legalize-and-regulate-marijuana-manner-similar-alcohol/y8l45gb1

It took me a minute to get a whitehouse.gov account going due to the server being overloaded and throwing up the occasional "We're doing maintenance" page... a few refreshes fixed that problem, though. Only took a minute or two to finish the whole process. Now I am checking the signatures again and it's going even slower. I guess a lot of people want to sign.

Just stick with it, and eventually the page will come back!

Some people just don't get it, do they?
Lets try one more time to explain this to you. The White House doesn't care what you think about MJ. They have made it abundantly clear that MJ is not an issue they want to discuss. Period. End of story. They have laid down their views on it and when pressed further concerning the matter, it becomes the butt of a joke. They are laughing at you. You're just a stupid pothead to them.
But for some reason you keep ignoring their disdain for your (and mine as well) cause. Its time to grasp the idea that their minds are made up and you're not changing their viewpoint.
Edit...the website is up and running. So go ahead and sign the petition for all the good it will do you. When the White House gets the petition in their IN basket, it will go straight to the Recycle Bin as if it never existed.

signed it this morning.

If you think it's pointless that's cool -- I can definitely see where you are coming from -- but there's no need to be condescending.

This could turn out to be something that the government will simply ignore, as they tend to do, although it is definitely worth doing. The more people that support cannabis law reform, the better.

signing it now

Sign it. Took me a minute. Since I have been checking the page about 600 signatures have been added. It's been about 20 min. Great stuff.

I signed every marijuana or hemp related one that was on there. Notice how almost all of the petitions up on the site are marijuana/hemp related.

link doesn't work

EDIT:nevermind. i used clay's link and it worked

I just signed it. The government might not listen but they'll be aware that they're ignoring the voice of the people.

Please take 2 minutes to get involved..Thank You..

The truth is never disrespectful. The truth is the truth. Sometimes it hurts to hear the truth.
I'm sorry you were offended but you know what this fiasco reminds me of? It's like a bunch of kids who go out trick or treating on Halloween and they come to a vacant house and knock on the door. And they knock on the door. And they knock on the door. And they knock on the door. They just didn't understand that no one was home.
But hey, keep knocking.

If I thought it actually had a chance at accomplishing something, I'd be all for it. Its like bashing your head against a granite mountain with the idea that if enough of us bash our heads against this mountain, eventually it will fall down.
The White House has said repeatedly what their stance is. How many times will they have to tell you? And if this was the first internet excursion done by the white house then YES, by all means sign it. Go ahead and sign it now if you think it will help. It won't but you'll be able to say you tried, right?