Ideas for Change in America

The war on drugs has been waged long enough, and more lives have been destroyed and families torn apart by the prison system than by marijuana itself.  Legalization of marijuana would save countless time and money from being wasted by law enforcement and by our ...

Legalize the Medicinal and Recreational Use of Marijuana. It is understood that while marijuana has been essentially illegal since 1937, the prohibition of this plant has not worked.  It is currently legal in 15 states and Washington D.C.  There have been ...

After decades of increasing reliance on incarceration, there are currently 2.2 million people in federal and state jails and prisons in the United States. An alarming number of these inmates are young people - most of whom are non-violent offenders and youth-of-color...

We all know--both those of who admit it and those of us who deny it--that the "War on Drugs" is a big, expensive failure that gets bigger and more expensive all the time.  Legalizing marijuana is not only an important first step to reducing the harm done by the ...

Dear Mr. President, Please direct the DEA to remove marijuana from Schedule I and correctly classify it under the definitions that the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) provides. You said in a press conference (after you released the ban on federal funds for stem...

Marijuana is a much safer than alcohol and a much safer option for recreation or medication compared to most every other legal comparative on the market. This is a natural medicine, a plant that not only provides relief to certain ailments, it treats and cures diseas...

Just like ending alcohol prohibition did, ending marijuana prohibition will vastly reduce the problems associated with its use while at the same time raising huge amounts of revenue. - No longer would drug cartels be fighting over billions of dollars Americans spend...

How about you start with the number one idea of last year, one wich mysteriously got swept under the rug, END THE WAR ON DRUGS.  The only people winning from this stupid policy is the f_cking drug lords of other countries. Wake up america, freedom works and...

For the first time, according a Pew Charitable Trust 2008 report, more than one in every 100 adults is confined in an American jail or prison.  At the start of 2008, more than 2.3 million adults were behind bars. Each year, increasing numbers of these prisoners ...

Make marijuana legal, decriminalize all drugs for personal use, and shift our drug policies to a health-based approach.

H.R. 1475: ~ Federal Prison Work Incentive Act of 2009 Title:To amend title 18, United States Code, to restore the former system of good time allowances toward service of Federal prison terms, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] (introduced ...

Marijuana should be legal for purchase and use by adults 21 years of age and older. It should be taxed a regulated in a manner similar to alcohol and should be available for purchase at licensed retail outlets such as liquor and tobacco stores.

let people grow,or buy from dipenseries legal marijuana to treat cancer,glaucoma or many other afflictions without living in fear. return freedom to america and stop cops from harassing and arresting citizens!

To fully understand my suggestion there are a few different, but related, elements that must be understood. The first element of my proposition is the generation of alternative revenues through new, innovative drug policy towards marijuana (A tax on marijuana similar...

Cannabis, (marijuana, pot, hemp, hash, and many other names for the same plant family) is an essential agricultural resource that we have been deprived of due to petro-chemical interests in maintaining a feedstock monopoly. Including cannabis in the UN Single Conven...