Use your voice for a petition for weed legalization!

Do you want to see marijuana legal. Wanna do your part in letting your voice be heard? well why not I did. (and this is starting to sound like an infomercial -_-; ) But really, If you want to do your part in trying to get your voice up capitol hill and try to get weed legal then there is a petition you can sign over the phone. simply call it listen to the 30 second thing the lady has to say about weed that you probably already know and then hit the pound key. (or you could just hit # right away if ya don't wanna listen to it and just sign the petition.) The number is 973 409 3274. There is a bit of confusion surrounding this number, However, and I will explain why here. The one running the petition is in fact Humor Hotlines dot com. now, even though a humor site is running the petition it is in no way a scam or a joke. I will post a discussion about this subject below including a letter from the operator of that site. "I was up fairly late last night updating this whole escapade with new information, planning to realease a follow-up article to various social networks this morning. Before I could do so, however, I noticed a new twitter message which claimed that it was not a scam and was owned by Humor Hotlines (most famously known for their “reject-hotlines“). When I checked out their website, I did notice that they had a section for a “Marijuana Legalization Endorsement Line”, but the number was not the same as the one in question. In this same block of time, I received an e-mail from an intern at RHBrands.com (the apparent owner of Humor Hotlines), saying: Hello, my name is Michael. I am an intern with RH Brands in Atlanta, Ga. We manage a portfolio of hundreds of humorous hotlines that you may be familiar with such as The Rejection Hotline, Psychiatric Hotline, It Could Always Suck More, and Call to Santa. you can find out more at rejectionhotline.com. Today, I ran across some tweets of yours saying that our Marijuana Legalization Endorsement Line (973-409-3274) is a scam. I just wanted to let you know that we aren’t scamming anyone. All of our numbers are completely free to call, and we fully intend on sending a petition to Washington once we reach 1,000,000+ endorsements. Although most of our services are humor related, this particular line isn’t. Sorry for any confusion. Feel free to contact us with any questions regarding the number, and have a good day. Finally! Looks like we are making progress… Through Michael, I was able to get on a phone call with Jeff Goldblatt, President and Founder of RHBrands.com who helped clarify everything. What appears to have happened is an unfortunate series of events which started with Goldblatt’s company creating a legitimate phone-poll petition in hopes of legitimately presenting it to people in the government through various contacts. RH Brands is not an actual political/advocacy group and has no major connections or affiliation with any political group/person which could ensure something like this would “make it in front of the Preisdent” (as so many messages online made it appear to be), and in Goldblatt’s own words it is a “half-a-step-better” than calling your congressman. RH Brands did not misrepresent itself, though… it just probably should have represented itself a bit more. Due to the fact that Goldblatt wanted the poll to be taking seriously, he did omit adding “brought to you by Humor Hotlines” and admits that this was–in retrospect–probably not a good decision (as it aided in the confusion). What appears to have happened is a few rogue users wanted to help spread this phone number so they invented stories to make it seem more legitimate (by claiming it was backed by Change.org, for example). We all know how the game of “telephone” works, and as one person told another and that person told another, the story began to slowly evolve into the various ones currently seen throughout the internet. So let me break it down simply into what this number is and what this number is not: What this number is: * This number is one of many numbers created by the novelty-number company Humor Hotlines. * Unlike other numbers from HH, Goldblatt claims this is a legitimate poll being conducted which he plans to compile and give to various contacts within the government in hopes that it will be presented to Congress and President Barack Obama. * This number is completely free and has apparently no known risks/fees associated with it outside of normal cell phone charges/minutes used/etc. * If the number reaches a certain amount of votes (1,000,000), HH has every intention to follow through and send the compiled petition to the government. What this number is NOT: * A scam. * This number has no relation with any political group or marijuana advocacy group. * Endorsed by any politician, political group, advocacy group, or any person/group in a position of political authority. * This number has no deadline. * The number has no more power/authority to legalize marijuana than any other petition created by people online (however, every bit helps). * Though some have claimed to have received charges after calling this number, it must have been coincidence or confusion because the number does not appear to create any charges (though if you can prove to me it does, feel free to contact me). So… should you call it? If you want to, yes… there doesn’t appear to be any harm in it and it actually may end up being a good petition. But please do not think that you are directly helping to “legalize marijuana”, and definitely do not tell others it is backed by groups which have no idea what it is. Honesty is crucial and when people lie to get others to do something–even if they think it is right–things like this happen. I apologized to Goldblatt for the confusion, however he was very understanding and even admitted that he himself is wary of things that sound “too good to be true” and understands why I was warning others to be cautious. While Humor Hotlines has undoubtedly benefited from the mass confusion regarding their number, it is clear that this is not the fault of Goldblatt’s company… rather, it appears to be the result of some trouble makers online and the ripple-effect of social networking. I’d like to thank him again for taking the time to clear things up and hopefully now that the mystery is gone surrounding this number people can begin calling it for what it is, rather than calling it under the false-assumption of it being something it is not." -- excerpt from So you see, this is not some "Oh my god I'm changing the laws" life changing kind of petition. It is just another way to let your voice be heard and make another attempt to fly a piece of paper through congressional loops to try and beat some sense into the suits up top. Let your voice be heard in a billow of white smoke! X3

yeah.. Add +1

link removed. There are plenty of links saying it is a scam. besides, your advertising without permition. Sorry.

As cool as it would be to be able to get high without getting arrested, it's probably not a good idea. we already have problems with drunk drivers so there would be another issue of high drivers to worry about as well [image: http://animeforum.org.uk/images/smilies/tongue.gif]

yeah but you cant use that as an argument simply based on what people COULD do with it. if they are going to do it, they would do it any way weather it was legal or not. people need to stop treating others like kids and realize that there are people who will make dumb decisions. its just like when a child in school throws a piece of candy at someone when the teacher brings it in and now the teacher wont bring in any more so no one gets any. it is demeaning and says that no one knows how to be smart about something. i find it demeaning and juvenile. besides, even though weed does impair your senses, it is not nearly as bad as alcohol, not by far. a person can still operate semi coherently when stoned, it is next to impossible when drunk. besides, everyone I know who has ever smoked weed actually drove much slower and safer. it makes ya paranoid and everything seems faster, so in that sense you are more careful and don't need to go as fast X3 I haven't done it personally (don't like to drive sober much less under the influence) but I know a few friends who have

unfortunately though there are a bunch of idiots who still would drive while stoned. i mean it would end up just the same as alcohol; you can get drunk but not drive yet people do it anyways. therefor most people would most likely do the same with weed or some other drug. even if people do drive slower, i think the roads would still be much safer without drunk or stoned drivers

Ok I have been reasured by staff that no information exchange, or money is involved., so you can keep the number in the thread starter, and add the link back if you like [image: http://animeforum.org.uk/images/smilies/biggrin.gif]. Quote: Originally Posted by ~Ai~ View Post (http://animeforum.org.uk/showthread.php?p=161459#post161459) unfortunately though there are a bunch of idiots who still would drive while stoned. i mean it would end up just the same as alcohol; you can get drunk but not drive yet people do it anyways. therefor most people would most likely do the same with weed or some other drug. even if people do drive slower, i think the roads would still be much safer without drunk or stoned drivers People already get stoned, and some stoned and drive. It doesnt have to be lagal for that to happen.

i know it does not have to be legal to do it because people do it anyways, but it surely will encourage more people to do so

not really because really most of those who do smoke or want weed legal already smoke or have at one point. so it wouldn't change that drastically. besides that, you cant have only the possibility of something happen be the only standing principle for not making something legal. That would be like making a new mcdonalds menu item illegal cause people might throw them at passing cars. Or simply outlawing mcdonalds all together because it is "bad for you"

.....no i'm srry but people are already kinda stupid and some refuse to get stoned just because its illegal if its legalized we'll be dealing with a lot more idiots so for me its a no