There are nearly one million people in jail in the United States for non-violent activities related to the use, possession, cultivation, transportation or sale of marijuana. The purpose of this site is to make available a place for everyone who supports the idea of Nojailforpot to sign his or her name, and make it proudly public for everyone to see. The people below have taken the significant step of putting their names to this important declaration, for all the country to see.
Ontario, NY 14519
Why is pot illegal? Some argue that it is a gateway substance to harder drug use. Others argue that pot reduces stress and helps stimulate creative thoughts. In my humble opinion, if the goverment is going to make a plant illegal, I would rather see a war against Poison Ivy rather than a war against pot.
Rochester, NY 14623
As a member of the Libertarian party, I believe in personal responsibility. I personally have never tried pot, nor do I intend to. But what I put in my body is my business, not the government's. I don't see how anyone can advocate locking up non-violent drug offenders, when there are so many murderers and rapists on the loose. The government has no right to take it upon themselves to act like they are our parents and that we are children that need protecting.
GREENPORT, NY 11944
MARIJUANA NEVER HURT ANYONE AS OPPOSED TO ALCOHOL!! SHOULD AT THE VERY LEAST BE LEGAL FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. MUCH MORE BENIGN THAN LEGAL ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. THE ARGUMENT THAT POT LEADS TO HARDER DRUGS STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO A "CRIMINAL" TO GET POT, ERGO, HE MAY BE A SHADY PERSON WHO WILL CONVINCE YOU TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE?
Greenport, NY 11944
I have had doctors tell me they would happily give me weed if it was legal. All prescription medications have deleterious side effects I choose not to deal with.
New York, NY 10003
The war on drugs causes all the problems it was meant to fight. Prohibition has never worked and it never will.
Poughkepsie, NY 12604
Ithaca, NY 14850
I believe that putting a non-violent drug user in jail is far more detrimental to that individual, as well as his/her community, than any harm incurred by the use of marijuana. More fundamentally, the decision to use the drug is an individual's decision that cannot be interfered with by the government, except when it interferes with the rights of others. In the vast majority of cases of marijuana-related arrests, this is not the motivating factor.
Brooklyn, NY 11230
I believe that the American people and the United States government are wasting precious tax dollars on incarceration for non-violent pot offenders for the cause of a "drug-free America," while alcohol kills so many, ruins countelss lives, and remains a legel, nay, promoted substance today. Let's put this money towards education, so that Americans can make their own, informed decision.
Oswego, NY 13126
I feel that the fact that american citizens are being jailed over a plant is a grave injustice and I will continue to fight peacefully to make my opinions heard. By the way this april 20th anyone that beleives in the cause will be planting one cannabis seed as a sign of peaceful resistence
Elmira, NY 14904
I just think that society is afraid of something that they do not believe is safe for anyone and that it corrupts peoples minds and takes awy there judgement. Lets keep up the fight to legalize Marijuanna!!
