A national marijuana advocacy organization is calling for MTV to allow the cast of “The Real World” and “jersey Shore” to use the drug as a safer alternative to alcohol.

“The Real World,” a docu-drama on MTV that has been running since 1992, puts a cast of average twenty somethings in one house for several months, allowing viewers to witness the heated drama and friendships that naturally occurs.

A recent episode, featured an alcohol-soaked incident where one cast member pushed another down a flight of stairs resulting in their hospitalization.

Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) is using the incident to convince MTV that participants in the show should be allowed to use marijuana, arguing that such an incident would never have occurred had the cast been mellowing with reefer than guzzling booze.

Similar incidents have occurred periodically while “The Real World” has been on the air. Sometimes with cast members being sent to the hospital.

The organization also points to the reality show “Jersey Shore” where scenes have spiraled out of control after cast members have had too much to drink. In one episode, a female cast member was struck in the face by a man at a bar during an altercation.

“In the real world, millions of people use marijuana and every objective study on it has concluded it is far safer than alcohol both for them and for society,” said SAFER Executive Director Mason Tvert. “Yet when it comes to ‘The Real World’ and other MTV reality shows like ‘Jersey Shore,’ the network makes sure alcohol is always available in abundance, and that cast members never make the safer choice to use marijuana instead.”

SAFER is also arguing that allowing the cast of reality television shows to use marijuana would make them all the more “real,” since they are often drawn from a demographic likely to use pot.

Here’s the text of the petition is pushing using Facebook and Twitter:

Future cast members of “The Real World,” “Jersey Shore,” and other MTV reality shows should be allowed to use marijuana as a safer recreational alternative to alcohol.

In the real world, millions of adults enjoy using marijuana responsibly, and every objective study on it has concluded it is far safer than alcohol both for them and society. Yet MTV embraces — and often encourages — the use of alcohol by its cast members, and it prohibits them from making the rational choice to use a less harmful substance instead.

“The Real World,” “Jersey Shore,” and MTV’s other reality shows should stop driving cast members to drink and “start getting real.”