[somehnguy]

It's infuriating to take the time to draft & send a thought out email to my representatives only to receive a canned email 8 months later.

Most of the time the response is even something like "ok cool opinion but I believe the opposite so bummer" (obviously exaggerated but the meaning is identical).

I will try a letter at some point, email feels completely useless.

[pogue]

Time is of the essence, so I might just have a chatbot draft me something quickly and edit it or rewrite it to more what I want to say. Just emphasize the main points that even the linked article mentions - hugely bad for business, loss of taxes, bad for veterans, people will just go back to the black market for their needs, etc. I'm kind of surprised I'm not finding sites like NORML have any of those "take action" forms on their site you just fill in and it sends it out to all your representatives automatically.

Regardless, it doesn't need to be something you spend hours pouring your heart into.

Some representatives respond differently than others. I've gotten boilerplate letters back, and I've even had phone calls back with someone from their office. It really just depends.

EDIT: It's already been signed into law, so now they have 1 year to try and remedy the situation... :(

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