Dear President Obama,
We the People are speaking directly to you in this petition. We wish for you to use your power of presidential pardons to pardon all prisoners currently serving time simply for marijuana possession in the country. The United States of America constitutes 5% of the World's population, yet we have 25% of the World's prisoners. Citizens serving time for simple marijuana use should not be in jail and unnecessarily flooding the Justice System.
The punishment for the use and possession of marijuana is worse than the drug's effects. You yourself have admitted to marijuana use and had you been caught, your life would be drastically different. You would have a criminal record and would not be President today. Please, do the right thing.