Hello all!
I've been stalking this forum for years but this is my first time posting so I'm not quite sure if I'm posting this in the appropriate subforum or not, but I just stumbled onto this and knew I had to share it with you guys! As I'm sure many of of you know there has been a lot of media buzz recently regarding the public outcry against the DEA due to them repeatedly overstepping their bounds, much of which is surrounding their decision to abuse their emergency scheduling powers in an ongoing attempt to classify Kratom (an herb that has saved countless people, including myself, from the grip of opiate addiction) as a Schedule I drug. This ban was scheduled to go into effect on September 30th, but thanks to vigilant citizens, organizations such as the American Kratom Association, and a petition to the White House, our voices have been heard and the ban has been delayed indefinitely and is currently under review. With polls showing that 84% of Americans view the War on Drugs as a failure while only 3% believe it is being won, and 58% of Americans now in favor of the legalization of marijuana, I have never seen this much inertia moving against the DEA in my life time. We are gaining more and more traction every day, and I believe if we can keep this momentum going we will have an opportunity to make major advances towards serious reform of our country's archaic drug policies, but only if we all take action and do our part! Sign the petitions! Write, call, and email your congressmen, senators, and officials! Donate to organizations such as the Drug Policy Alliance and the American Kratom Association! And most importantly, share this information!! As Edmund Burke said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
White House Petition to remove federal funding from the DEA:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-federal-funding-dea/
White House Petition to stop kratom ban:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/please-do-not-make-kratom-schedule-i-substance
For emails, find your Representatives & Senators here:
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/
Donate to the American Kratom Association, the Drug Policy Alliance, or buy a T-shirt!
https://americankratomassociation.nationbuilder.com/donate
http://www.drugpolicy.org/
T-shirts: http://www.iamkratom.com/
For more information on how you can help, including letter templates, fact sheets, phone numbers and email addresses of government agencies and officials, and fact sheets, visit the AKA's National Call to Action page!
http://www.americankratom.org/national_call_to_action
Please share as much as this information as you can with whoever you can, every person counts! Much thanks to all who have decided to get involved and let their voices be heard, lets win this fight!
I've been stalking this forum for years but this is my first time posting so I'm not quite sure if I'm posting this in the appropriate subforum or not, but I just stumbled onto this and knew I had to share it with you guys! As I'm sure many of of you know there has been a lot of media buzz recently regarding the public outcry against the DEA due to them repeatedly overstepping their bounds, much of which is surrounding their decision to abuse their emergency scheduling powers in an ongoing attempt to classify Kratom (an herb that has saved countless people, including myself, from the grip of opiate addiction) as a Schedule I drug. This ban was scheduled to go into effect on September 30th, but thanks to vigilant citizens, organizations such as the American Kratom Association, and a petition to the White House, our voices have been heard and the ban has been delayed indefinitely and is currently under review. With polls showing that 84% of Americans view the War on Drugs as a failure while only 3% believe it is being won, and 58% of Americans now in favor of the legalization of marijuana, I have never seen this much inertia moving against the DEA in my life time. We are gaining more and more traction every day, and I believe if we can keep this momentum going we will have an opportunity to make major advances towards serious reform of our country's archaic drug policies, but only if we all take action and do our part! Sign the petitions! Write, call, and email your congressmen, senators, and officials! Donate to organizations such as the Drug Policy Alliance and the American Kratom Association! And most importantly, share this information!! As Edmund Burke said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
White House Petition to remove federal funding from the DEA:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-federal-funding-dea/
White House Petition to stop kratom ban:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/please-do-not-make-kratom-schedule-i-substance
For emails, find your Representatives & Senators here:
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/
Donate to the American Kratom Association, the Drug Policy Alliance, or buy a T-shirt!
https://americankratomassociation.nationbuilder.com/donate
http://www.drugpolicy.org/
T-shirts: http://www.iamkratom.com/
For more information on how you can help, including letter templates, fact sheets, phone numbers and email addresses of government agencies and officials, and fact sheets, visit the AKA's National Call to Action page!
http://www.americankratom.org/national_call_to_action
Please share as much as this information as you can with whoever you can, every person counts! Much thanks to all who have decided to get involved and let their voices be heard, lets win this fight!