- Signatures: 1,072
- Goal: 10,000
- Deadline: 3-15-2009
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In 1974, researchers at the Medical College of Virginia, who had been funded by the National Institute of Health, were hired to look for evidence that marijuana damages the immune system. They found, instead, that THC slowed the growth of three kinds of cancer in mice: lung cancer, breast cancer, and leukemia. In 1999, scientists in Spain repeated the experiment, with equal results.
Medicine, plastic, clothing, paper, and many more products can be made from hemp, and it used to be such a booming crop in the US that refusing to grow hemp during the 17th and 18th centuries was actually against the law in Virginia from 1763 to 1769...(click "Full Petition" to continue)
Medicine, plastic, clothing, paper, and many more products can be made from hemp, and it used to be such a booming crop in the US that refusing to grow hemp during the 17th and 18th centuries was actually against the law in Virginia from 1763 to 1769...(click "Full Petition" to continue)
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | Leave a comment to make your signature more effective. |
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| 1,088 | 8:42 am PDT, Jul 2 | Mr. | Chris McCoy | Marijuana is the safest and most effective drug for many illnesses. Look, we just lost another icon, Michael Jackson to the unsafe drugs that are FDA approved. |
| 1,087 | 3:56 pm PDT, Jul 1 | clayton walker | legalize freedom!! | |
| 1,086 | 4:09 pm PDT, Jun 29 | Mr. | Daniel Adams | why stigmatize marijuana as a hardcore drug and place in next to drugs as Heroin, Meth, and other drugs that plague our streets. Legalize and Tax this HARMLESS AND HELPFUL Plant! |
| 1,085 | 8:38 pm PDT, Jun 28 | Ms. | Dawn Renee | I think this is a good idea =) |
| 1,084 | 7:35 pm PDT, Jun 28 | Ms. | Kaila Bearup | As someone who has seen people they love go through cancer and its treatments I really urge the legalization of medicinal marijuana to happen. it would lessen the pain of cancer patients and people afflicted by other medical problems. |
| 1,083 | 6:54 pm PDT, Jun 28 | zack debord | marijuana should be legal a long time agao. | |
| 1,082 | 3:03 pm PDT, Jun 26 | Mr. | Charles Robert Kast II | Economic Crisis? How much income would the U.S. get if cannabis were taxed and distributed? |
| 1,081 | 4:56 pm PDT, Jun 24 | Samantha Mulligess | ||
| 1,080 | 2:35 pm PDT, Jun 23 | Ms. | Anonymous | safer than alcohol |
| 1,079 | 11:21 am PDT, Jun 23 | Mr. | mason morley | i feel that marijuana should be legalized because it has done a lot for me. because of this magnificent drug has brought me out of depression, and saved my life. |
| 1,078 | 10:54 am PDT, Jun 23 | Erik Tracy | Freedom? | |
| 1,077 | 3:42 am PDT, Jun 22 | Mr. | vikas sd | god made weed to make a man live for more than 100 yrs . weed should be legalised and shud be mae mandatory |
| 1,076 | 9:58 pm PDT, Jun 19 | Mr. | Anonymous | even most foods are worse than herb and theres been no deaths related to herb. |
| 1,075 | 3:26 pm PDT, Jun 17 | Mr. | James Gratz | The DEA and Congress should really realize how many people in the United States alone smoke weed recreationally and Medicinally, and keep the innocent peace loving Americans that smoke weed alone and out of jail. There's more important things for them to be worrying about, rather than worrying about a gift from mother earth herself. Smoking weed doesn't make you a bad person, being a bad person makes you a bad person. |
| 1,074 | 1:59 pm PDT, Jun 15 | Mr. | Anonymous | |
| 1,073 | 3:59 pm PDT, Jun 9 | Mr. | Aaron Wardell | HOW CAN YOU MAKE SOMETHING UNALTERED THATS PURE NATURE ILLEGAL? WHEN WE HAVE CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL LEGAL AND THEY ARE WORSE FOR YOU. THE ONLY REASON IT IS ILLEGAL IS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CANT MAKE MONEY OFF OF SOMETHING THAT EXISTS PLAINLY ON THIS EARTH. LEGALIZE AND LET THE WORLD BE AT PEACE |
| 1,072 | 8:30 pm PDT, Jun 6 | Mr. | rob franks | must legalize weed |
| 1,071 | 5:21 pm PDT, Jun 5 | nick harold | realize you must legalize | |
| 1,070 | 5:39 pm PDT, Jun 4 | Dr. | Jack Eich | legalize this valuable herb which has never killed anyone in 4000 years. allow people the benefit for many illnesses. empty the jails and stop the war on americans. |
| 1,069 | 2:22 pm PDT, Jun 3 | Mr. | M J | It is time for the government to tell parents and especially teenagers, the truth on marijuana. |
| 1,068 | 1:01 pm PDT, Jun 2 | charlie tips | It's time we as a nation got past all the BS, and made legal one of the few things out there that really can help! | |
| 1,067 | 5:45 pm PDT, May 24 | Mr. | Edan Ray | I do not support smoking of any substance, but i believe that marijuana should be legalized and used in ways other than inhaling smoke. |
| 1,066 | 4:06 pm PDT, May 24 | Ms. | Anonymous | Why is alcohol and tobacco legal if they are WAY more harmful than marijuana? Alcohol=liver damage, tobacco=lung cancer, marijuana=coughing |
| 1,065 | 5:01 pm PDT, May 20 | Ms. | Jessica Slais | -Be Wise. Legalize! It's more natural than McDonalds. |
| 1,064 | 9:49 pm PDT, May 19 | Mr. | john davis | From personal experience i have an aunt who had an inoperable brain tumor. she tried everything you could think of all with the same old negative results of hope. The doctor gave her 6 months to live. To make it short she ended up turning to cannibis. five years later she still with us. |
| 1,063 | 1:39 pm PDT, May 19 | Mr. | Anonymous | I've personally used reefer to help with my depression, and i can honestly say it does work wonders. |
| 1,062 | 12:32 am PDT, May 19 | David Engel | ||
| 1,061 | 8:31 am PDT, May 16 | Mr. | Ryan Hokenson | |
| 1,060 | 4:54 am PDT, May 16 | Mr. | scott horner | |
| 1,059 | 2:40 pm PDT, May 14 | Anonymous | Its a calming substance and does not create any kind of violence. | |
| 1,058 | 10:37 am PDT, May 14 | Mr. | gabriel gonzalez | LEGALIZE MEDICAL MARIJUANA TO SAVE LIVES AND I THINK THE UNITED STATES SHOULD ALSO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA WITH AN AGE LIMIT OF 21 AND OVER |
| 1,057 | 9:32 am PDT, May 13 | Mr. | Ronald Gilbert | Where is any compassion for the sick people? Those who use Cannabis to treat their illness can be imprisoned, in many states, in a country that boasts of its many freedoms. Myself, I am tired of all of the lies and foot dragging concerning this issue and hope the American public will get out of the closet on July 4th 2009 and join us in Washington D. C. for the 40th annual Smoke In at the White House 12:00 High Noon. Haven't we had enough of the insanity which surrounds the prohibition of this herb which was given to us by the Creator to be used as medicine as well as the many other applications and uses that this particular plant provides to mankind? |
| 1,056 | 5:41 am PDT, May 10 | jamie kempfer | I think every person should have the right to choose there own meds.Look at all the sideeffects of the drugs the pharmacy passes out then look at weed.happy and hungry. | |
| 1,055 | 7:51 pm PDT, May 7 | Mr. | Greg Scott | be wise legalize. marijuana is a plant not a drug its a weed that naturally grows. the plant will never die off it will always find a place to grow. |
| 1,054 | 2:00 am PDT, May 7 | bob jennings | ||
| 1,053 | 7:01 pm PDT, May 6 | Haley Rotenberry | ||
| 1,052 | 5:38 pm PDT, May 6 | Anonymous | Marijuana has helped many people medically, why can't it be legal. People say that it is a gateway drug. But that is your choice to do other drugs if you chose to. | |
| 1,051 | 8:32 am PDT, May 6 | Mr. | Anonymous | LEGALIZE IT! |
Legalize Medicinal Marijuana, Save Lives
California is one of eleven states in the US that allow the use of medical marijuana. The laws recognizing marijuana's medicinal value were enacted first in New Mexico, Florida, Louisiana, and Illinois, and then spread through more states in the past 20 years since the passage of Proposition 215 in Washington, DC.
Yet Angel Raich, a 41-year old mother of two from Oakland, California, turned down her appeal yesterday to permit her use of medicinal marijuana. The case was originally heard in the Supreme Court in 2005. Angel's doctor has prescribed the herb for her since 1997, and says that marijuana is the only viable means to prevent her from dying of her disease.
She suffers from a brain tumor known as scoliosis, which causes chronic nausea and makes it difficult for her to eat. The marijuana stimulates the patients' appetites and relieves the pain more effectively than prescription drugs. Ms. Raich and three other plaintiffs sued the government for federal laws regarding medicinal marijuana enacted in 2002, that trump the eleven state's laws. Though Raich's "prescription" was already seized, the federal court also ruled that she is not immune from federal prosecution.
Angel Reich wept when she heard the court decision, and the New York times reported that she said, "It's not every day in this country that someone's right to life is taken from them. Today you are looking at someone who really is walking dead."
TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS IS NOT OKAY.
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