Letter to the president

I am involved in a group, will remain unnamed, and we have decided to get as many people together as possible to send a letter to the whitehouse on Jan.-20-2010. In this letter we will be requesting the decriminalization of marijuana on a national scale. I would like to know if any of you fine people would also write a letter.

For those of you who don't know, the DEA alone has a fifteen billion dollar annual budget to fight MARIJUANA. I would much rather see that money go to educating our children rather than incarcerating them.

but you better remind me on the 19th----- I tend to forget things.:stoned:

I'm a forgeter as well, I'll be posting on this constantly for a bump.

in but as thedeadone said "i tend to forget things" haha how is this gonna help tho well i kinda get it but more into details

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.

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.

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500


Mr. President,

Please, don't legalize marijuana simply for the fact that it could be a boost to the economy. The tax revenues would certainly help but that's no reason to legalize it.

Please, don't legalize marijuana simply for the fact that it could put an end to the violent drug cartels that control the distribution of it here in the United States.

Please, don't legalize marijuana for the fact that it could free up law enforcement to concentrate on more serious, violent crimes and allow the DEA to concentrate on the addictive drugs that cause crime.

Please, don't legalize marijuana for the fact that many states are beginning to decriminalize it's use and possession.

But please, legalize marijuana to take to get it out of the school yards and playgrounds. Legalization will take it off the street corner where anyone can buy it. It should be sold to adults, 21 and over as alcohol is.

The debates are over or should be. It's the same thing being said time and time again just in different words. Stop the war against marijuana and stop arresting the citizens of this great country for it's use.

Regulate it and tax it.

i agree a mass of letters might be beneficiary. i will certainly be doing it. did anyone see the online address by the president when he brought up the issue of legalizing and taxing marijuana? california says that it could generate 15 billion alone in taxes. and the president jokingly brings up the topic and then laughs it off as everyone else follows in tote. it took alot of people just to get that mentioned and he laughs it off. just pisses me off.

Could you imagine thousands of letters showing up to the Whitehouse over the course of about a week?

y on tha 20th though...i know presidents give tha annual speech then

Well that's probably why :D

I'll write a letter as well. Unfortunately, President Obama seems pretty stern about his opinion on legalizing marijuana. I doubt any of this will phase him. For someone who admits to smoking Marijuana in the past, you'd think he'd consider this more than he seems to do. Every time the topic is brought up, in any way, shape or form; he replies with a "I don't support the legalization of marijuana". Plain and simple. He said that in his campaign, he said that in the debates, and he says it now.

I voted for the guy, but damn I do I disagree with him with this. If only he would reconsider. Or at least give it some serious, serious thought.

I believe this is more of a media movement than a presidential persuasion. What we need to do is get the media involved, then the president can't ignore it. January 20th is a significant date because it marks the one year mark of the new president. Just for the record president Obama did say that he supported the decriminalization of marijuana in one of his debates.