Perhaps you should have a petition which expresses what you actually hope to achieve, which sounds like some sort of reform of prescription laws. Who wouldn't think it's a waste of time to sign a "gotcha" petition?
Anything that talks about the real agenda would then become the focus of the reply. It would be spun on that.
e.g., "This is to point out the fallacies and failures of the War on Drugs"
The moment that wording was part of it then Gil Kerlikowske (our "Drug Czar") would be writing the reply and repeating the same old lies about having to do this and that to keep us safe.
