please go yell at them to do the right thing for once over here

this is a direct line to yell at the government, on a real government website, and not a dumb third party online petition site that accomplishes nothing but inbox spam.¹ this is the real deal and you can help make a difference by commenting! you don't even have to give them any information if you select the option to comment anonymously.²

there is no reason not to yell at the government about this if you are a US resident and would like people to not go to jail over a plant. at the time of this writing over 6,000 comments have been published overwhelmingly in favor of legalization³ and this is only a week into a 60 day period for commenting.

yelling at the government is free and this is a direct way to have your voice be heard, so yell at them today and let them know where you stand!

1. _{look i know we have all made the mistake of being a dumb, well-intentioned teenager signing that change dot org petition in high school and still getting political spam emails decades later. thankfully, you don't have to worry about that here!}

2. _{and if you do choose to include your name, that is literally the ONLY required information. you do not have to include anything else - no address, no phone number, no email address if you don't want to! you don't even have to include the state you live in.}

3. _{to give you an idea of how overwhelming that favor is, the percentage of commenters in favor of keeping weed illegal is a measly 3%. the war on drugs is a loser's game and everyone knows it lol}

hi as an avid cannabis enjoyer living in a state with prohibition this is something that means a lot to me and i would really appreciate you contributing a comment if possible. here’s some important info to build your comment off of if you if ur not too familiar with it:

for normal people:

• the criminalization of cannabis was heavily racially biased when it was introduced (and continues to be), despite cannabis use being pretty consistent across all races. however people of color are massively disproportionately effected by ongoing criminalization. so many people’s lives have been ruined by the system taking away their right to live freely because of their use of a drug that is not some awful thing as it’s been portrayed to be for ages.

• the whole “gateway drug” claim is only valid if you deny the existence of so many people who actively use cannabis and have no desire to try anything beyond it (literally me fr). and in reality the same accusation could be levied with more genuine evidence at prescription stimulant/opiate abuse which has the chemical/psychological effect similarities tied to the street drugs that actually are a threat to people’s mental and physical health (which also shouldn’t be criminalized and instead have the focus placed on rehabilitation instead of penalization but that’s another topic)

• despite still having its drawbacks, like putting any other chemical into your body, recreational cannabis is safer than tobacco and substantially safer than alcohol. it’s not chemically addictive like either of the aforementioned substances, but while it can be psychologically addictive it doesn’t have the intense physiological side effects that come from stopping like you get with nicotine and alcohol withdrawals. and to top it off you cannot fatally overdose on cannabis like you can with alcohol. not to mention it already has recognized medical use cases (often prescribed as dronabinol for nausea and sometimes to help counter dangerous weight loss (literally therapeutic munchies lmao)) and has been undergoing trials for some psychiatric conditions (primarily treatment resistant depression).

if you’re somehow a neolib following me for some reason:

• early prohibition enders proved you can make a ton of tax dollars to reinvest into the community, although we all know it’s probably going to the cops

• it’s got strong bipartisan support in the general public despite the faux culture war in political sphere

• it’s an industry that already makes heaps of money even in only the select states where it’s currently legal and expanding it further would be very profitable