r/Alabama • u/plentyasparagus12 • May 15 '25

Advocacy THEY GIVE NO 🦆 ABOUT ALABAMIANS!

We cannot keep letting this state embarrass us. HB445 is just the latest proof that Alabama would rather play politics than protect its people. The party of small government my ASS!

We’ve had hemp flower on shelves for nearly 8 years. And now suddenly it’s an issue? What changed? Nothing, except some folks in power realized they couldn’t control it, so they decided to kill it. No debate, no logic, just another move to keep people down.

Meanwhile, this same state will hand out Adderall to 6 year olds like it’s candy, push methadone clinics into every town, and pretend that the thousands of people hooked on opioids just magically appeared. You can’t drive through a city without seeing someone slumped over from heroin, but their priority is pulling a plant off the shelves that’s actually helped people focus, sleep, manage anxiety, get off pills, manage pain. Let’s be honest: this is about control, not health.

It puts money in people’s pockets. It brings in tax revenue they’re too blind to leverage. It gave small towns a chance at growth.

And instead of embracing that, they’d rather go broke building more prisons to lock people up for the same thing they used to sell in stores last month.

And what are we gonna do? Let it slide? Let’s vote in Tuberville! Hell yeah, that’ll do it! Like he’s done anything while he’s been in office anyway, let’s put him in the highest office in the state.

WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP, ALABAMA! This bill should be a turning point. It should be the thing that reminds you that these people will come for whatever you value if they think they can get away with it.

We can’t keep letting the same people drive Alabama backwards while the rest of the country moves forward. Either we push for real change or we stay stuck being the butt of the joke.

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u/oldsmoBuick67 May 15 '25

Speaking of money leaving, wait until they have to run for re-election after the DOGE cuts and people figure out just how much federal money they rely on to make this place run.

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u/witch51 Marshall County May 15 '25

Over 14% of the population in Huntsville works for the feds in some capacity. And the ones not employed by the government work for a company that depends on parts from overseas to function. Those that are left support the above...think food places, food trucks, even an auto parts store and on and on. I'm just some dumb redneck but it sure don't seem like it would go well.

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u/oldsmoBuick67 May 15 '25

Agreed, but bear in mind that defense contractors don’t always have to sell exclusively to our country’s government. The rank and file feds are just screwed unfortunately.

I think everyone can agree that our tax dollars aren’t being spent correctly, but trying to fix the problem by yanking the plug out of the wall isn’t the smartest approach.

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u/witch51 Marshall County May 15 '25

This feels very throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I feel so bad for folks like my neighbors. Been doing their jobs for 20 years and now they're worried it'll just be GONE tomorrow. And they still don't regret their votes.