๐Ÿšจ LAUNCH CHALLENGE: Ban Defense โ€” Earn 50 Bonus Grams This Week

The kratom community is under attack in multiple states simultaneously. Kratomtopia launched at exactly the right moment โ€” and we are running a founding challenge to match the urgency.

## The Challenge

**Earn 50 bonus Grams** by completing any 3 of the following this week (April 1-7):

1. Post an update about your state's kratom legislation situation (+15 Grams on top of normal post reward)
2. Share your personal story of how a potential ban would impact your life (+15 Grams)
3. Post proof that you contacted a legislator โ€” screenshot, description of your call, confirmation email (+20 Grams)
4. Refer one friend who creates an account and posts at least once (+5 Grams referral + challenge bonus)
5. Reply to the Live Legislation Tracker with a state update that the team verifies as accurate (+15 Grams)

## How to Claim

Reply to this thread with what you completed and a mod will manually apply your bonus Grams within 24 hours. No need for screenshots for everything โ€” we operate on trust. Abuse it and you lose it.

## Why This Challenge Exists

Because the Kansas bill is on the governor's desk right now. Because Iowa's Senate vote could happen any week. Because Tennessee is still fighting. The window to make calls, share stories, and apply political pressure is measured in days โ€” not months.

Every personal story shared here is a data point we can reference. Every call to a legislator's office is one more voice. Every person you bring to this community is one more advocate.

## The Grams Are Real

30 Grams gets you a free sample pack. 100 Grams gets you 100g of your chosen strain, shipped to you. The challenge bonus alone gets you halfway to a free bag. Do all 5 and you're well on your way.

**Post your state below. Tell us what you did. Let's make some noise.**

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To be clear on the legislator contact proof: a one-sentence description of your call is enough. "I called Governor Kelly's office at 785-296-3232 and spoke with a staffer about opposing the kratom provision of HB 2365" qualifies. We are not asking for recordings. Just tell us you did it. The point is getting people to actually make the call, not checking credentials.
Governor Kelley has not signed anything so that's neither good nor good. I called her office 785-296-3232 #4. and talked with a lady and explained to her why I wanted to keep it legal, I also emailed.
I broke my back, had a bone shard stuck in my spine, got another back surgery 2 days later and left the hospital a month later partially paralyzed... I have permneat nerve damage and the only thing that helped was gabapentin, so I stopped taking my oxycodone, it didn't do anything, so why continue to take it. Kratom helps the nerve pain, so I dont have to take as much gabapentin... again , oxycodone didn't help but kratom does. Hmmmmm
My state FL was facing a two potential bans. Sb432 and hb309. I spoke out and made phone calls and contacted both Ashley moody and Rick Scott my legislators thru email and opposed those bills. Stating kratom is a safe and effective alternative pain medication for those of us that wish to use something other than traditional narcotic pain medication we know to be harmful and have side effects.
I've been sending emails to all the TN senators for weeks. It's very stressful. I got basically one reply and it was from Aftyn Behn. She seemed to be on our side, but it's been pretty bad at the hearings, and such. In TN I think we have another hearing on the 8th. They're trying to make it a schedule 1, which is insane. I think on the 8th It's going to finance, I think. (Before all this I almost never paid much attention to politics, and still don't know a lot). If a ban went through I'd be in a bad spot. I rely on kratom multiple times a day to help with chronic pain. I would have trouble walking without it. Also, it helps with my depression and anxiety and gives me just a little motivation to actually be a person, lol. This has all been so stressful. Also, fighting with people online and the news media (I try to call it out on social media whenever I see misinformation, but people are ignorant and will just flat out refuse to do any unbiased research on their own).

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