- Signatures: 1,180
- 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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| 1,197 | 9:17 pm PST, Feb 9 | Mike Hobbs | The US government knows the benefits of this wondrous plant. However because you can't patient a plant then they have to make derivatives that don't work and have the gumption to say why not take this pill so that yet another pharmaceutical rep can make another down payment on another house they don't need. Don't fall for it. Enjoy~M | |
| 1,196 | 1:53 pm PST, Feb 1 | Ms. | dawn wolf | |
| 1,195 | 2:37 pm PST, Jan 29 | Mrs. | Debbie Gilliland | I have KNOWN people suffering from debilitating diseases that have no appetite. MJ worked to help with pain that they were suffering and made the nausea stop because they were able to eat. Sadly the weed had to be obtained illegally and they risked incarceration. |
| 1,194 | 7:43 pm PST, Jan 25 | Mr. | walter spill | |
| 1,193 | 10:46 am PST, Jan 21 | Ms. | Diane Duvo | |
| 1,192 | 6:44 pm PST, Jan 20 | Kevin Hagerty | I have been diagnosed with lupus and sjrogens syndrom and am in constant pain. i feel that this will help me and everybody else that has cronic pain feel better. | |
| 1,191 | 2:19 pm PST, Jan 2 | Ms. | Kristian Brandreth | I believe our right to smoke marijuana legally should never have been taken away. Marijuana should be legal for medical use and recreational use in our homes. Alcohol & Tobacco are legal and taxed, high time we do it for Marijuana. I am proof that you can be a functioning daily user of Marijuana as an adult and rise up the corporate ladder. I have never suffered any adverse affects from using Marijuana on a regular basis. Kristian Brandreth Director of Banquets, Aria Las Vegas kbrandreth@arialasvegas.com |
| 1,190 | 11:11 pm PST, Dec 22 | Ms. | MARY E WOLFE | DO WHAT IS FAIR FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS DRUG TO LIVE WITH THE PAIN. |
| 1,189 | 2:26 pm PST, Dec 22 | joan yielding | PLEASE BE FAIR. | |
| 1,188 | 11:21 am PST, Dec 16 | Anonymous | ||
| 1,187 | 5:36 pm PST, Dec 9 | matthew walker | I was diagnosed with ADHD when i was in kindergarten, tha first thing the public school system wanted to do was get the doctors to throw pills at me. by the time i was in middle school I wasn't eating much, I was very skinny, couldn't get to sleep at night, and at school I was a zombie. it wasn't til 8th grade when I just decided to stop taking my Ritalin, after that I ended up smoking some pot and I was so calm, so relaxed. I could concentrate and focus on important tasks and i felt like I had a better nights sleep. I haven't used any other drugs and i haven't wanted to. I hate pills and I don't need doctors giving prescriptions pills for my ADHD. if only people will understand that marijuana isn't a drug for junkies and addicts and realize that it is capable of helping people with diseases. people need to be more informed, when ever someone tells me that it's going to make me stupid i like to through all the facts right in their face. | |
| 1,186 | 2:45 pm PST, Dec 7 | sean davidson | its is stupid that it is illegal it is not bad for your at all.. | |
| 1,185 | 2:50 pm PST, Dec 3 | Mrs. | susan verhovec | Too many people have been having problems over misidentification of plants and seed winding up on their property from birds,weather and animals winding up with so much grief-sadness and hardship from the terrorizing from law thugs and hardship because of the law thugs calling the places of employment even when there is nothing wrote up against the victims and these victims wind up with no jobs even nothing has been found against these victims.Stop this stupid war on this God given plant called marijuana that was created by God to be used-seen grown freely by everyone and not just by those greedy few! |
| 1,184 | 6:28 am PST, Dec 3 | Mr. | Anonymous | |
| 1,183 | 11:52 am PST, Dec 1 | Mr. | Anonymous | From my point of view it is us as an initial victim, jailed for possession of marijuana. As a human being we have natural rights which are violated by our government. The United States is supposed to be a country of freedom but from what I have experienced all we are free of is Britain control. As Americans we have the right get rid of such cruel laws against marijuana use. Cannabis must be legal, it can save lives. |
| 1,182 | 1:54 pm PST, Nov 29 | Anonymous | ||
| 1,181 | 7:48 pm PST, Nov 22 | Ari Work | ||
| 1,180 | 8:36 am PST, Nov 22 | Anonymous | Dammit, if marijuana has healing qualities then why isn't my mom smoking this? It would sure help with her pain and depression. I'd rather see her smoke this than see her smoke that cancer stick she has in her hands 24/7. | |
| 1,179 | 9:05 pm PST, Nov 21 | Kelly Coughlin | Why not, honestly? | |
| 1,178 | 1:31 am PST, Nov 21 | Anonymous | Countless reputable studies have proven marijuana's beneficial uses. The government needs to accept that they were wrong, which is human, and make this medicinal plant legal again, like it always should have been. No one is hurt when this drug is used responsibly, if we can be trusted with Ritalin, morphine, amphetamines, and other potentially harmful drugs when prescribed by a doctor, we should be trusted with a harmless plant. | |
| 1,177 | 8:40 pm PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | Michael Hodges | Marijuana is proven to be extremely safe, not only should it be dispensed for medical purposes but also for anybody else. Coffee is more harmful than marijuana, its a fact! 5 million people die from cigarretes a year and 0 have died from marijuana. |
| 1,176 | 8:24 am PST, Nov 9 | Raven Shelley | how is marijuana just as illeagle if not more then heroine or meth when it does more good then any substance we inhail, drink, or use? | |
| 1,175 | 9:17 pm PST, Nov 8 | Anonymous | ||
| 1,174 | 7:30 am PST, Nov 7 | Andrew Gaston | For two years ive had depression problems, and marijuana helps the most over the other anti depressants ive had to take. And it's a lot of fun. In the bible it says god put every seed bearing herb on the planet for our use, and if america's motto is "in God We Trust" then marijuana should be legalized. | |
| 1,173 | 7:40 am PST, Nov 4 | Mrs. | Anonymous | I have been in pain for 14 years. The only thing that helps is marijuana. I have been perscribed every pain killler you can think of and probably some you can't. They don't work. Even when they do help, I can't function. With marijuana, I can use it and still function. I just hate the fact that everytime I need it, I have to break the law and take the chnce of going to jail. It's like our government are a bunch of stubborn children. They have spoken and they won't admit they were wrong. Even during prohibition, we had a government that had the guts to admit that they were wrong and only making the problem worse and they did something about it. Why can't our current government admit it's mistake and just legalise it? Afterall, we've had one president who admited to smoking pot, he "just didn't inhale", and we've had one with a proven record of using cocaine until he met his wife and stop parting.My guess is that if we look imto the current presidents past, as well as that of younger congressmen and senator, we won't find most of them speaky clean either. Our generation is beginning to be elected to represent us. They need to have the guts to decide how they realy feel about the subject " not what someone else tells them to think and say" and speak their minds. I think we have a better chance of legalization if we can get our goverment behind us, that means that more of us vote and hopefully we'll get enough people in office that feel the way that we do, and we can get something done. Look at the houses of congress the old guard is dying off. It is time for us to take the reins and make a change. To do that we have to vote and campagain for candidates that are willing to back our views, although it may be hard for some people to do it takes sacrfice to get things done!!! |
| 1,172 | 5:15 am PST, Nov 2 | Mr. | Micheal Moffat | Its time to wake up and do the right thing instead of the Greedy destructive way. Peace and Love! |
| 1,171 | 4:03 pm PST, Nov 1 | Dr. | Aaron Rudner | Do the right thing |
| 1,170 | 6:21 pm PDT, Oct 30 | Andre Roussell | my studies on marijuana is that it isnt a "bad drug" more of a "drug" that helps you with ailments even tho i do not use marijuana my self i dont need to use it | |
| 1,169 | 4:12 pm PDT, Oct 29 | Anonymous | ||
| 1,168 | 7:13 pm PDT, Oct 28 | Ms. | Brianna Paden | I believe that medicinal marijuana should definitely be legal. I mean come on, there are too many benefits to ignore this organic medicine. We,as a nation, have no problem using opium derivatives which are actually addictive and damaging. So why not, give this non-addictive alternative a shot. |
| 1,167 | 4:47 pm PDT, Oct 24 | Mr. | Nicolas Barragan | We, the US, call ourselves a democracy, but when millions of people support a cause and the government doesn't even acknowledge us, it is time for change. Marijuana has been called by many names, it has been called The Tree of Life by our ancestors, and the Devil's Harvest by our so called leaders, but in reality it is not a misunderstood drug, but the victim of a dirty lie, a muse by belligerent old men trying to keep their citizens blind. This mere plant has been the topic controversy for many years but now the veil of lies and misconceptions is being raised and we can once again see hypocrisy that had blinded us. Legalizing this miracle herb would help our country and our world socially and economically. Cannabis legalization would help us all wether we know it or not. Plus gettin highs sick. |
| 1,166 | 12:00 pm PDT, Oct 22 | Amy Alexander | Marijuana's been made out to look like a horrible drug, when really it has many benefits. I personally don't understand why alcohol isn't illegal if marijuana is.. Drinking is way more dangerous then smoking a freaking plant. | |
| 1,165 | 6:35 am PDT, Oct 20 | Antonia Marrero | This plant could save us! Biofuel, paper, cloth, food ... it's sustainable and sane! | |
| 1,164 | 4:48 am PDT, Oct 20 | Mr. | flaco vanmol | |
| 1,163 | 1:58 pm PDT, Oct 19 | Mr. | jonathan berger | god made weed man made beer, who do you trust more? stop the war against marijuana. legalize it! |
| 1,162 | 1:21 pm PDT, Oct 18 | Mrs. | florence gray | |
| 1,161 | 4:17 am PDT, Oct 14 | Ms. | Anonymous | |
| 1,160 | 7:35 pm PDT, Oct 13 | Ms. | Anonymous | |
| 1,159 | 9:32 pm PDT, Oct 3 | Mr. | legalize weed | its so ridiculous that weed is illegal even though most people know it isnt bad for you. and then theres the other people who say that its worse than cigarettes and alcohol even when it has been proven that it is not even close to as bad as that and in some cases is benificial, btw im not an adult. im just 15 but i think that my opinion should be heard |
| 1,158 | 8:51 pm PDT, Oct 1 | Mr. | Scot x | End the madness of the drug war and the profits made on human suffering by the prison industrial complex, unacknowledged “black operations and projects”, and stop the corruption of law enforcement. |
| 1,157 | 8:26 pm PDT, Oct 1 | Mr. | Anonymous | Marijuana is less damaging than smoking and alcohol! |
| 1,156 | 5:25 pm PDT, Sep 29 | Mr. | Anonymous | Yes Legalize it. Its just to great. |
| 1,155 | 5:44 pm PDT, Sep 23 | Mrs. | Keli Smith | Marijuana should not continue to be illegal if alcohol remains legal. And it is not the right of the government to prohibit adults from using either. |
| 1,154 | 7:07 am PDT, Sep 23 | Mr. | Anonymous | |
| 1,153 | 6:58 am PDT, Sep 23 | Mr. | John Holmes | There are so many misleading facts about marijuana, We need to educate our children so they are more fortunate and will be able to use the this all natural medicine |
| 1,152 | 9:56 pm PDT, Sep 19 | Anonymous | ||
| 1,151 | 12:33 pm PDT, Sep 18 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Went I did see this vedeo my vision on weed is totaly change.(Quand j'ai vue ce video ma vision sur la marijuana a totalement changer)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz17Tf3O9uI |
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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