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On Friday, October 23, 2009, Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske (aka the Drug Czar) issued a statement declaring the issue of marijuana legalization a "non-starter" not even worthy of discussion in the Obama Administration.

The Drug Czar's statement also highlighted the extraordinary social and health care costs associated with widespread alcohol use, suggesting that similar problems would occur if marijuana were to be regulated and treated like alcohol. Yet every objective study on marijuana has concluded that it is far less harmful than alcohol both for the user and for society.

In response to the Drug Czar's statement, SAFER has launched the following on-line petition, urging the Drug Czar to base our nation's drug policies on evidence and reason rather than ideology and mythology.

Sign the petition today and tell the Drug Czar to start explaining!

We, the undersigned, call on U.S. Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske to 

explain why "legalizing marijuana is a non-starter" under the 

Obama Administration. In particular, we ask that he explain why 

he believes regulating marijuana and treating it like alcohol 

would result in "social and health care costs" similar to those 

associated with the use of alcohol, a far more harmful 

recreational drug according to all objective evidence.

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