1. United States
2. Ala.
3. Letter

HB445 is now law – and unless it’s fixed, hundreds of businesses across Alabama will be forced to shut their doors in just eight days. Let me be very clear: this bill is broken. The Governor has the power to call a special session and fix it, and I strongly encourage her to do so. We cannot afford to return to a time of criminalization and confusion. This law does not promote public safety – it punishes progress and economic opportunity. And here’s what’s most disturbing: under this bill, a product that is legally purchased today will become a felony offense next week – while simple marijuana possession remains a misdemeanor. That’s not justice. That’s backward policy that will harm real people and overwhelm our local law enforcement with nonsense when they should be focused on violent crime and real threats to public safety. Alabama deserves better than this. We need to fix this law – and we need to do it now.