This bill bans kratom, a natural plant with incredible properties, that many many people use for the great health and healing properties. Please vote NO on this bill or only vote yes if the Pocan amendment is added which takes kratom out of the bill. My quality of life will be destroyed if this passes as is. Thank you kindly.

Seems like an attempt to further the failing drug war. Enough already!

This bill gives the Attorney General too much power to enact drug policy. That should be in the domain of congress to ensure that its had some thorough medical review. There are already some drugs that need to be re-classified. The War on Drugs has been out of control for far too long already. We don't need new tactics for mass incarceration.

Republican grandstanding again. There are laws on the books that can and should be used to accomplish the controls specified in this bill, and the time and legislative energy spent passing it could be put to better use.

This bill may be well intended, but it puts too much power in the hands of the DOJ, will punish people who don't have criminal intentions, and overcriminalize certain behaviors. Instead of expanding our ineffective war on drugs, we should focus on treatment for people who are already addicted.

The concerning part of this bill is less the content it proposes to regulate but its implication on the separation of powers in this country. Giving all power to the department of justice in regards to a health related problem is absurd and irresponsible. The continuing criminalization of drugs has done nothing to reduce drug abuse and has succeeded only in creating criminals out of otherwise law abiding citizens. Concentrating power is a telltale sign of the disintegration of democracy and allowing this bill to pass undermines the foundation of our free country.

These drugs are already controlled. Any changes need to be based on real science and research, not to further someone’s political agenda.

No, and the War on Drugs should be ended

Stop ramping up the drug war and throwing people in jail! This is ridiculous! We should have learned already that locking people up for drugs has not deterred drug use and only ruins countless lives. Focus on drug education and rehabilitation for drug addiction.

Stop the war on drugs! It’s a proven failure. Invest in successful treatment. Legalize drugs, tax them, then use the tax money to fund evidence based treatment.

My mom has a terminal illness and she has now had to change pain medication because she can’t get her old medication that works for her. Now she’s on medication that doesn’t work and like with all controlled substances there are insurance issues that come into play, so she has to go a few days here and there without. I hate to see her like that because she’s in such pain! ☹️

We need to address the opioid addiction problem as a health care issue rather than a law enforcement issue.

Even more enforcement. Why not focus on education and rehabilitation?

There are enough Laws on the books already. All this Bill will do is make it harder for people with severe pain to get the medicine they need!!!!!!!

Fentynyl is already a controlled substance. We don't need more laws, we need a more rational policy to address the problem of drug addiction

Seems very unnecessary. Fentanyl has been around for years, it's nothing new.

I am one of those people for whom morphine does not work. I need the synthetic pain medicines. Please do not make them unavailable.