Stars including Scarlett Johansson, Kim Kardashian and Lil Wayne have put their names to a letter urging Barack Obama to change US drug laws and restrict prison sentences.
Rap mogul and Def Jam Recordings founder Russell Simmons is behind the campaign which praises the president's efforts but insists the "time is right" for further change.
Other well-known personalities lending their name to the letter include Susan Sarandon, Will Smith, Mike Tyson, Demi Moore, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Longoria, Russell Brand, Nicki Minaj and Sir Richard Branson.
The letter calls for jail terms to be replaced with a focus on "intervention and rehabilitation" for non-violent offenders.
Kim Kardashian (l) and Eva Longoria are among the signatories It also asks that judges are able to waive mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences.
"Hundreds of thousands of children have lost a parent to long prison sentences for non-violent drug offences, leaving these children to fend for themselves," says the letter.
"Many of these children end up in the criminal justice system," it adds.
"(It) comes as no surprise as studies have shown the link between incarceration and broken families, juvenile delinquency, violence and poverty."
The letter also asks Mr Obama to form a panel to handle clemency requests and requests a meeting with the President.
Drug offenders comprise nearly half the federal prison population in the US.
The issue of drugs is high on the agenda in America, with a national survey suggesting the majority of Americans are now in favour of legalising cannabis.
Colorado and Washington state voted to legalise the drug last November but it remains illegal at the federal level, prompting a debate about how police should treat producers and users.
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