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Marijuana Legalization Petititon First To Reach Threshold Under New White House Program | Under a new program unveiled last week, any online petition receiving 5,000 signatures will warrant an official response from the White House. The first proposal to reach that threshold, The Hill reported today, is a petition to legalize marijuana. “Isn’t it time to legalize and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol?” the petition asks. “If not, please explain why you feel that the continued criminalization of cannabis will achieve the results in the future that it has never achieved in the past?” According to The Hill, the fourth- and sixth-ranked proposals also sought marijuana legalization. The seventh most popular proposal, meanwhile, wants the president to acknowledge “an extraterrestrial presence engaging in the human race.”