To: Republican Senators in the United States Senate
PASS MORE!!! SAVE FAMILIES, HELP VETS!!!
Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 or the MORE Act removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana.
Cannabis is an herbal medicine that has provided relief from pain since 500 BC. The plant has since become the lynchpin between prison cells and American citizens. Across America, people are demonized for the use of cannabis and often face alienation from family, work, and their community. Cannabis-related laws have led to 40,000 incarcerated Americans and directly contribute to fatherless homes; many fathers are not able to bond or raise their children due to the use or alleged use of cannabis. Unfortunately, these laws affect our nation's Veterans too. With opioids the only legal treatment doctors can prescribe, the opportunity to prove cannabis efficacious through peer-reviewed studies on the effect of cannabis treating Veterans remains untried. United States Senators must vote yes to HR 3884 - MORE ACT of 2019 and ensure our future is strong and healthy.
Cannabis is an herbal medicine that has provided relief from pain since 500 BC. The plant has since become the lynchpin between prison cells and American citizens. Across America, people are demonized for the use of cannabis and often face alienation from family, work, and their community. Cannabis-related laws have led to 40,000 incarcerated Americans and directly contribute to fatherless homes; many fathers are not able to bond or raise their children due to the use or alleged use of cannabis. Unfortunately, these laws affect our nation's Veterans too. With opioids the only legal treatment doctors can prescribe, the opportunity to prove cannabis efficacious through peer-reviewed studies on the effect of cannabis treating Veterans remains untried. United States Senators must vote yes to HR 3884 - MORE ACT of 2019 and ensure our future is strong and healthy.
Why is this important?
In 2018, 89% of 4000 New York residents who were arrested for a cannabis-related charge were Black. Blacks represent 57% of the fatherless homes in the United States. Strangely enough, according to the Department of Justice, 85% of all children who exhibit some type of behavioral disorder come from a fatherless home. The Department of Health reports that children from two-parent homes excel more than children from single-parent homes. Are we seriously going to allow a plant to stop us from improving America as a society?
According to the Department of Veteran Affairs Office and Intergovernmental Affairs, the Veteran suicide rate is 17.6 per day. Further, Veteran VHA patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder and those diagnosed with opioid use disorder had elevated risk for suicide. By signing this into law, we immediately can explore new medicinal options for our nation's Veterans. As a combat veteran myself, I cannot explain how much this would encourage this unique demographic to seek care for physical and mental ailments.
Let's make sure our US Senators hear our support for HR 3884 and urge them not to allow politics to prevent us from being decent human beings. Do not politics allow us to forget what it means to be an American. Pass the MORE ACT now!!!!
According to the Department of Veteran Affairs Office and Intergovernmental Affairs, the Veteran suicide rate is 17.6 per day. Further, Veteran VHA patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder and those diagnosed with opioid use disorder had elevated risk for suicide. By signing this into law, we immediately can explore new medicinal options for our nation's Veterans. As a combat veteran myself, I cannot explain how much this would encourage this unique demographic to seek care for physical and mental ailments.
Let's make sure our US Senators hear our support for HR 3884 and urge them not to allow politics to prevent us from being decent human beings. Do not politics allow us to forget what it means to be an American. Pass the MORE ACT now!!!!
How it will be delivered
This petition will be emailed and mailed to republican Senators to urge them to understand why this act must pass.