Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?

Submitted by David Borden on Fri, 03/27/2009 - 1:00am (Issue #578)

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Anonymous (not verified)

I read your email! Thank You for your dedication to our cause

I work during the day at an attorneys office in Myrtle Beach, SC. At night I am a mother, a wife, a musician and in general a business woman. To say the least, my time is extremely valuable and limited.

I am very thankful for your email telling me the weekly news. I always take action immediately when I can to email the president and my representatives. Today I emailed the president about his horrible sense of humor and laughing at such an important issue.

In addition to emailing my friends and family on the issue, posting blogs, and updating my twitter, today I spent my free time commenting news reports and blogs on this issue.

Thank you again for everything that you do.

Ps. If you are curious about what I commented today, this is what I have been writing:

I am very disappointed with Obama and his complete lack of respect for us, the people.

Obama pledged "to open up the White House to the American people." I'm one of the tens of millions of Americans who believe that cannabis should be legally regulated like alcohol. I'm also one of the tens of thousands of Americans who voted to make this subject the most popular question online at Presidential Town Hall. I'm disappointed to learn that he believes that my voice doesn't really matter.

Go to www.norml.com

Under UPDATE is a paragraph with a link where you can send an email or a typed letter to President Obama. Lets the flood the White House with response so they can not avoid this issue.

We ARE the people. The government is supposed to reflect our decisions and opinions.

This is not a laughing matter Mr. President.

LEGALIZING CANNABIS WILL STIMULATE OUR ECONOMY AND CREATE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

Legalizing cannabis would save us money in expenditures like court and prison costs, AND it would provide a major boost to the economy through taxes. Making thousands of Americans small business owners over night and provide jobs for many more. Without taking into consideration how much money would be saved in court and prison costs, California anticipates over $1.5 billion within the first year.

In a time where people are concerned with job security, let alone for the thousands attempting to find a job to begin with, just to make money to feed, house our families and afford medical bills, we should NOT laugh at the most viable solution we have in front of us.