Reddit reviews The One-Hour Activist: The 15 Most Powerful Actions You Can Take to Fight for the Issues and Candidates You Care About

If you don't get involved at the policy level things won't change. They televise senate hearings about the opioid epidemic and find the stupidist people they can find to talk about the death of their children, etc. We need to create policy that is based on research, and what is working in other countries. The US has been fixated on a punitive approach to drugs. Throw everyone in jail and start with the poorest minorities. You don't have to go to Washington DC to testify. You can go to your state capital when the house is in session and testify there (Should be able to find a docket with a list of sessions). The US is going to change as younger generations age. The "gotta be tough on crime" rhetoric was just a way to throw all the minorities in for-profit prisons to get rich. I recommend this book to anyone willing to stand up to legislators https://www.amazon.com/One-Hour-Activist-Powerful-Actions-Candidates/dp/0787973009