NoJailForPot. com Website Launches New Kind of Internet Activism
Leaving traditional political activities to such groups as Norml and The Marijuana Policy Project, the newly Re-Launched website www. NoJailForPot. com seeks to build political consensus.
North Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) May 19, 2006
Leaving traditional political activities to such groups as Norml and The Marijuana Policy Project, the newly Re-Launched website www. NoJailForPot. com seeks to build political consensus.
“I accept and declare to the world my support for the idea that no one in the United States of America be in prison for any non-violent activity related to the use, possession, cultivation, transportation or sale of hemp / marijuana.”
So reads the “Declaration” on the front page of the NoJailForPot. com website.
Visitors are invited to “sign” the Declaration by listing their name and city, and then are allowed a space for comments. All names and comments are viewable by the public.
“This is for people who are willing to stand up and be counted when it comes to opposing the use of incarceration to deal with marijuana.” said Jake Bottero, webmaster of NoJailForPot. com since its inception in the year 2000, who reports that nearly 8000 people have already signed, with the number growing daily.
“This is not just a political poll designed to trace public opinion at a particular time on a particular issue. This is designed to be a permanent statement.”
NoJailForPot. com was conceived by Lawrence D. Goldberg, author, businessman and ex-political activist with the Libertarian Party. “I was doing a course through Landmark Education called the Self Expression Leadership Course, which encouraged us to take on a project to help the community. I have always felt that putting people in jail for smoking pot – and anything non-violent relating to it – was morally reprehensible and a total waste of taxpayer dollars.”
“Most of the people I know – including many health freaks, health professionals, and high skills professionals who use no drugs at all – agreed with me that marijuana prohibition - like alcohol prohibition, is counterproductive. So, I decided to create a website where people could post their opinion. When enough people stand up and post their name, politicians will realize that it is politically safe to do the right thing, and the laws will change – just like they recently changed in Mexico of all places.”
NoJailForPot. com is structured around an interesting concept relating to American History. There are slots for fifty-six “Founders” who pay $100 each to help sponsor the workings of the website. The number fifty-six was chosen because it is the same number of people who signed the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.
“Just like the Founders of our Nation, The people who were willing to put their names and their money forward on the NoJailForPot. com website are pushing in the direction of freedom and human rights. We have not even filled all the Founder’s slots, but we are progressing very nicely considering all of our growth was just word of mouth. We did no formal promotion – until now.”
“Our whole concept is based on the simple idea that when enough people sign the Declaration, the laws will change.”
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