The authors of "Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?", including SAFER's Mason Tvert, and the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) have started a Facebook petition that calls on the popular social networking site to allow the word "marijuana" in fan pages and URLs. 

We petition that Facebook allow legitimate entities engaged in lobbying and public education efforts to establish Facebook URLs and fan pages containing the word "Marijuana."

Specifically, we petition in support of allowing the Marijuana Policy Project to set up the Facebook username, facebook.com/MarijuanaPolicyProject, and the authors of the forthcoming book, "Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?," to set up a fan page for "Marijuana is Safer." Up to this point, such actions have been blocked because the proposed names contain a "prohibited word." Attempts to contact Facebook to rectify the situation have not succeeded...