[GPSCC-chat] [occupy-san-jose:5300] Fwd: Reclassify marijuana as an unscheduled substance

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


	  Tom Higgins (Occupy San José Legal) initiated a petition on 
whitehouse.gov to "to take marijuana off of the DEA drug schedule";  see 
below.  I was number 23 or 24 signing Tom's petition.  It has a goal of 
25,000 signatures by January 10, 2013.


	  There are, however, other similar marijuana petitions on 
"whitehouse.gov".  I clicked, "Open Petitions" and "Search" for 
"marijuana". This gave me 9.  In decreasing order of the number of 
signatures, these are as follows:


* Remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substance Act and allow 
the states to decide how they want to regulate it.  71,681 Signatures


*  Support a law protecting states' rights to legalize, regulate and tax 
marijuana like alcohol.  40,598  Signatures


* Federally Legalize Marijuana  35,736  Signatures


* Grant a full pardon to Chris Williams, a man facing 80 years in prison 
for legally growing Medical Marijuana  27,126  Signatures


* Tell VP Biden to end his war on marijuana users and to respect the 
people of Colorado and Washington.  11,705  Signatures


* Treat marijuana like alcohol throughout the US by enacting HR 2306: 
"Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011."  8,244 Signatures


* Relieve Five Elderly Federal Prisoners From Life Without Parole 
Sentences For Marijuana.  5,874  Signatures


* Legalize marijuana for recreational use in the state of Ohio. 2,895 
Signatures


* Grant a full pardon to Jeremy and Gerald Duval for legally growing 
Medical Marijuana  2,532  Signatures


       I signed them all.


       Spencer


On 12/17/2012 6:06 PM, pi hi wrote:
>
> Reposted on OSJ FB/Twitter.
>
> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:44:44 -0800
> Subject: [occupy-san-jose:5288] Fwd: Reclassify marijuana as an unscheduled substance
> From: tsubaka360 at gmail.com
> To: occupy-san-jose at googlegroups.com
> CC: hobredo at gmail.com
>
> Just in from Tom~
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Thomas Higgins <vetlaw at sbcglobal.net>
>
> Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 8:43 AM
> Subject: Reclassify marijuana as an unscheduled substance
> To:
>
>
> My petition to take marijuana off of the DEA drug schedule is on the White House petitions website. http://wh.gov/RY04
>
> Please read and sign the petition. And please forward this e-mail to others, so that the requisite number of signatures can be gathered.
> Thank you for allowing me to contact you.
> Sincerely,
> -Tom
>
> Thomas Prindiville Higgins
>
> Attorney at Law
> 702 South Baywood Ave.
> San Jose, CA 95128-3303
>


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