Happy 4/20, John!
Today is a joyous occasion to not only celebrate weed, but to seriously commit ourselves to full marijuana legalization and ending the War on Drugs.
^^^ That’s pretty much what the vibe was like at the 2021 Pennsylvania Cannabis Festival held in Kutztown over the weekend.
Founded in Scranton in 2015, the annual festival is an *amazing* community event. Its mission is to end cannabis prohibition in Pennsylvania.
Rolling with some new friends.
We had some high times at the festival (to be clear, the last time I smoked weed in earnest was at Burning Man in 1999).
Despite taking place in one of Pennsylvania’s reddest counties, thousands of Pennsylvanians came out to celebrate. After all, legal weed is supported by nearly 70% of Americans (and it's fully legal in 17 states + DC)!
Standing next to Cousin Lit.
I believe that weed should be legal, safe, and pure for medicinal and recreational use by adults across the country. Legal weed is good for farmers, small businesses, veterans, and people suffering from chronic pain.
Some people wore costumes. I wore my neck gaiter.
Along with legalizing weed for recreational and medicinal use, it is urgent that we expunge all marijuana records and release all those incarcerated for using the plant. I want to be very clear that marijuana prohibition in America is a grave racial injustice.
The data is stark: Black people are arrested for violating marijuana possession laws at nearly four times the rates of white people. It's time to elect leaders who know that's beyond unacceptable — and who have the courage to speak up and do something to right these wrongs.
Gisele and our Political Director, Celeste, came too!
As I have said, fighting for legal weed in Pennsylvania and across the country is the right choice. Most importantly, from a social justice and equality standpoint, when we legalize weed we can stop over 20,000 unjust arrests across Pennsylvania each year and work toward ending the War on Drugs.
Look, John, I’ve always supported legal weed. Always will. Most Senate candidates don’t make legal weed a central part of their campaign platform, but I am.
And with your support, I’ll be the LOUDEST (and tbh, probably the tallest) champion for legal weed and marijuana justice in the U.S. Senate.
So in honor of 4/20, I am respectfully asking:
Thanks, John. I’m so grateful for your continued support. 🙏
John
John Fetterman
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
P.S. I also met Lance the Weed Dog at the festival. He’s a very good boy, and today is his birthday.
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