American Healthy Alternatives Association. Regulate it. Don't eliminate it.

Write to your paper.

Your local paper is one of the first things your lawmakers read each morning. This page finds your paper, helps you write a letter in your own words, and gets it ready to send in about ten minutes.

1Who are you writing as?

2Choose your paper

Papers in your state get first look at local letters. National papers are listed after them.

Your state

3Your story, in your words

Your story (required, 2 to 4 sentences)

4Pick an opening

Choose the one that sounds most like you. You can change every word in the next step.

5Make it yours

Here's your letter so far. Edit anything. Papers reject letters that match other letters, so change the wording until it sounds like you.

Your letter

Do you have a tie to the hemp industry or AHAA?

Many papers require you to say so. It's added to the end of your letter.

6Sign it

Papers call or email to confirm you wrote it. They publish your name and town only. This stays in your browser.

Full name

City and state

Daytime phone

Home address

AHAA keeps only your name, city and the paper you wrote to, so we can follow up with the editor. Your address, email and phone go only to the paper.