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In 2026, there are elected officials who believe that in order to keep America great, Marijuana must remain on the controlled substances list as a Schedule 1 drug with no medical value. The United States Senate has 33 open positions that are up for the November 3rd, 2026 General Election in following States: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, or Wyoming.



 

 

If you live in any one of these states and your US Senator is on this list of Class II Senators, this message is for you:

 

If you are a Cannabis supporter, make your smartphone smarter by using it to see who is running for these positions at State and Federal level. Currently there is some Bad Budd in the US Senate led by US Senator Ted Budd from Missouri that wants to keep Marijuana at Schedule one to benefit industries such as Prisons, Pharmaceuticals, Alcohol, and Tobacco. He is supported by US Senators Tommy Tubberville and Katie Britt from Alabama that want to enact federal polices to increase penalties to their constituents while they smoke their Premium Cigars and sip their Cognac.  They are hoping that Mike Rogers from Michigan becomes a Senator because he shares their Project 2025, Harry Anslinger views on Cannabis. They are asking you to hire them with your vote on or before November 3rd, 2026, so that they can make more laws that protect the special interests of their friends.

 


At the State level there are jobs like Governors, Senators, Representatives, Attorney Generals, Secretary of State, and Judges available for people who want the job to enact laws in your neighborhood. The States of Alabama, Louisiana and Texas have declared a weed jihad against their constituents. Alabama Governor candidate Tommy Tubberville is on record against rescheduling Marijuana to a Schedule III.  He is supported by the private prison lobby that needs new customers because of the declining crime rate in America. Governor candidates Jeff Landry, Gregg Abbot, and Dan Patrick are co-conspirators devoted to implementing Project 2025, Harry Anslinger style policies for the use and possession of Cannabis. While they are smoking premium cigars with their benefactors, they are working to enact draconian laws that include penalties of  felony charges that range from 10 years to life in prison.

 

 

Don’t let any person or organization try to trick you into voting for any of these people. Any person that loves cannabis and votes for any one of the named elected officials above, needs to go straight to jail. Especially in Michigan where 2/3rds of the electorate voted for Medical, Recreational and Manufacturing use of Cannabis. Especially when citizens like Danny Trevino are currently in Federal Prison for growing too many plants. Especially a person of color who have been the victims of judicial malfeasance for cannabis. Beyond implementing emergency managers in the City of Detroit, poisoning the water in Flint, and trying to rewrite the Michigan Constitution at a Convention to make Cannabis illegal again, you must get up by every means necessary and VOTE to stop this from happening.

 

 

Beginning September 19, 2026, at 12:00:01 a.m., contact your local Michigan clerk’s office to obtain your ballot. In the partisan section, you may vote a straight-party ticket or select individual Democratic or Republican candidates who support your cannabis-policy priorities. Be sure to vote for judicial candidates in the nonpartisan section, as their decisions directly affect your daily life. Also, turn over the ballot to vote on local school board races and proposals. Vote no on Proposal 1, which would change the Michigan Constitution; the proposal is a backdoor attempt to undermine voters and make marijuana illegal again.

 

 

View your Sample Michigan ballot here!  www.mvic.sos.state.mi.us/PublicBallot/Index


 

Reference links:


1.       List of Senators up for Re-Election in November 2026: www.senate.gov/senators/Class_II.htm

2.       List of States from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections

3.       Candidate Report Card Grades: www.micannabiscoalition.com/reportcard

4.       Senator Ted Bad Budd’s Website in Opposition to reschedule Marijuana: www.budd.senate.gov/2025/12/18/senator-budd-releases-statement-opposing-marijuana-rescheduling

5.       Alabama US Senator Tommy Tubberville Opposing Marijuana Rescheduling: www.budd.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/12.17.2025-Budd-Letter-on-Marijuana-Rescheduling-1.pdf

 

 
 
 

Daniel Dario Trevino from Lansing Michigan is the longest serving Medical Marijuana prisoner in the United States of America. He is currently serving a 15 year federal prison sentence for the following crimes.


On August 23, 2019 Danny Trevino was found guilty by a jury of his "peers" in Federal Court in Grand Rapids Michigan on 10 counts of:


  • Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises, 

  • Conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with the intent to sell marijuana. 


Mr. Trevino was convicted of possessing 100 or more plants under federal law. The business name was Hydro-World with locations in Lansing and Jackson Michigan operating under state law as defined by the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act of 2008. HIs business was harassed and raided 26 times by local by the Michigan State Police. He was found not guilty in all of the cases in state court. This policy was promoted by Attorney General Bill Schuette and 1st ward Lansing City Council-member Jodi Washington. It targeted mostly minority business owners and, others who did not have the capital assets to stay in business in 2010 under the Snyder administration.


This action enraged former State Attorney General Bill Schuette so much that he went Judge shopping at the Western District Federal Court in Grand Rapids Michigan. On January 28, 2020, Trevino was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison for medical marijuana from Judge Paul L. Maloney.


We are demanding that our elected Federal legislators perform an onsite visit to his facility to expedite his release. Every Senator and Representative is authorized to visit a federal facility as a part of their oversight duties of federal facilities. This message is for entire Michigan Congressional Delegation (2 Senators and 13 Representatives) to take action and get this man released immediately.


While Mr. Trevino is in a Federal Prison Cell in Terre Haute Indiana, Marijuana has become a billion dollar industry in 40 out of 50 States in the United States of America. It takes 38 states to change the constitution for Federal Legalization of Cannabis. Additionally, we are deeply disappointed by President Joe Biden for not pardoning Mr. Trevino. We hope that President Donald Trump can pardon Mr. Trevino immediately to make things right.


It is high time to bring our P.O.Ws.(Prisoners Of Weed) out of federal prison and remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances List.




Contact Information

DANIEL DARIO TREVINO #22241-040

Located at: FCI Terre Haute Indiana www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/tha/

Release Date:  12/29/2033


Representative Tom Barrett - Mr. Trevino's Constituent www.barrett.house.gov


Senator Elissa Slotkin  www.slotkin.senate.gov
Senator Elissa Slotkin www.slotkin.senate.gov
Senator Gary Peters  www.peters.senate.gov
Senator Gary Peters www.peters.senate.gov

 
 
 

We are urging Governor Gretchen Whitmer to veto House Bills 4930 and 4931 because testing a persons saliva as a measurement of impairment generates an abnormal number of false positive results. This will harm many innocent people with higher insurance rates, wrongful incarceration, and vendors of the testing machines making large profits on the pockets of Michigan citizens.


Roadside oral fluid (saliva) testing has been promoted as a tool for detecting recent drug use by drivers. However, saliva testing does not measure impairment, only the presence of trace metabolites or active compounds. This distinction is crucial. In the case of THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, presence in saliva does not correlate with intoxication or actual driving impairment.


The Michigan legislature decision to fast-track this legislation only demonstrates the reckless greed of special interests such as the manufacturers of the testing equipment and, legislators who have a vested interest in the revenue generated by the increased arrests and conviction of Michigan Citizens. We urge the Michigan Senate and Governor Whitmer to soundly reject this attack on responsible consumers of cannabis users in the State of Michigan.


In conclusion, the use of roadside saliva tests is scientifically unsound, constitutionally risky, and socially unjust. Michigan NORML calls on all lawmakers to reject these flawed proposals and instead support evidence-based policies that protect both public safety and civil liberties.

 

We urge the Michigan Legislature to vote NO on any bill that would authorize roadside saliva testing for cannabis.


 
 
 

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